Four Bears Spotted on Satinwood Drive

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So..............if these are the same four bears they have traveled eastbound from Satinwood to Co Hwy 83 since 11/12?

Not to surprising. Apparently they have a 20-100 mile range and that's one of the reasons they don't relocate them since they just come back like homing pigeons.

I went back yesterday to the spot where the bear encounter occurred looking for tracks. I found a few. I made a plaster cast of mom's front paw. I also made a cast of what I thought was one of the cub's tracks, but after looking at it I think it is more likely a large dog's (possibly a cub's hind foot though). I'm thinking mom kept the kids in the woods while she dumpster dove, so they didn't cross the sandy spot like mom did.:cool:

I went back yesterday to the spot where the bear encounter occurred looking for tracks. I found a few. I made a plaster cast of mom's front paw. I also made a cast of what I thought was one of the cub's tracks, but after looking at it I think it is more likely a large dog's (possibly a cub's hind foot though). I'm thinking mom kept the kids in the woods while she dumpster dove, so they didn't cross the sandy spot like mom did.:cool:

Wow, very cool!

I bet he left skid marks, and I'm not talking on the ground!

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Naah, I'm not scared of black bears. I know the area well enough to know I had plenty of room to back up and I knew not to get between mom and cubs. I did, however, track the bears into the woods yesterday and found this along their path. Now who is making who poo?:lol:

DEP's apparently got a checklist of what it takes to be classified as a 'bad bear'. And if they reach that status, which is not a given even if you see them around people a lot, there's apparently a Bad Bear Woods in Apalachicola National Forest where they'll be relocated to for one last chance because it's as far from human settlement as you can get in the panhandle to see if they'll stay put and not interact with the humans so much.

I tracked the bears into the woods today. Found lots of poop, some old, some new, and I will spare you the pics. I may have found their burrow, I didn't go close enough to provoke whatever is living in there (and something is). The area I went would be great for bears-there is food, water and sleeping quarters!

The bear strategy is dumpster dive or raid garbage cans and drag it into the woods for consumption. I found the Robert's grocery bag way back in the woods, along what I took to be the bear trail. The pic with the black trash bag isn't as deep in the woods but is interesting because it looks like the bears pushed over the green bamboo at the base. Bamboo shoots? Bugs? Who knows. I found the trash can way back in the swamp. I doubt bears took it back there, more likely floated into Western Lake during one of the hurricanes and came to rest in the woods!

OK, I can't resist sharing a poop pic. I am pretty sure this is bear scat, it might be deer, but I don't think so. I hope it is bear scat because it is both relatively fresh and full of acorns and seeds, stuff they should be eating instead of trash!

OK, I can't resist sharing a poop pic. I am pretty sure this is bear scat, it might be deer, but I don't think so. I hope it is bear scat because it is both relatively fresh and full of acorns and seeds, stuff they should be eating instead of trash!

that looks like deer poop to me...the big patty a few posts up looks more like a bear or coyote. :idontno:

that looks like deer poop to me...the big patty a few posts up looks more like a bear or coyote. :idontno:

Ditto.

Pellets are typically deer type animals, bear looks like the puddle you posted or a dark human poop w/ fur in it.

Ditto.

Pellets are typically deer type animals, bear looks like the puddle you posted or a dark human poop w/ fur in it.

It could be deer, and what I was told was deer poo in the past looked like pellets, but they were like large rabbit pellets-the 'pellets' in the pic are not pellets at all, but acorns. I have another pic that makes me think it is bear's, I will post it later:drool:

that looks like deer poop to me...the big patty a few posts up looks more like a bear or coyote. :idontno:

Ditto.

Pellets are typically deer type animals, bear looks like the puddle you posted or a dark human poop w/ fur in it.

It could be deer, and what I was told was deer poo in the past looked like pellets, but they were like large rabbit pellets-the 'pellets' in the pic are not pellets at all, but acorns. I have another pic that makes me think it is bear's, I will post it later:drool:

As promised, take a peek at this poop pile. You will note it is old, and has 'eroded' to the point where you can see what might look like pellets, but are really some sort of seed or acorns. I think you will agree that the original pile didn't look anything like deer scat, but with time this will have a 'pellet' appearance, too.

And for whom so ever asketh.

Does a bear sh!t in the woods?

Where's zip3 to chastise you for posting these pics?

Where's zip3 to chastise you for posting these pics?

Who dat?:idontno:

And for whom so ever asketh.

Does a bear sh!t in the woods?

As I heard the story, it is only a "wild" bear! :wave:

As promised, take a peek at this poop pile. You will note it is old, and has 'eroded' to the point where you can see what might look like pellets, but are really some sort of seed or acorns. I think you will agree that the original pile didn't look anything like deer scat, but with time this will have a 'pellet' appearance, too.

The stuff on the right definitely looks like bear poo.

These must be the bears who ate the leftovers of my rotissere chicken! on december 1st i heard rustling around in my carport and sure enough there were three bears in my yard. I was on the second floor porch so i didnt was not afraid and tried to get pics but btwn the pitch black and me not trying to scare them, i couldnt get one! I am much more cautious about going out at night now!!