another thing.. i will not say anything will keep bears away.. BUT.. i allways keep my feeders going on only in the morning for 3 seconds and didnt have a bear.. When you got alot of feed on the ground then theres some left for the bears ... The day i put my feeder on for 6 seconds day and night i had a bear that week. ON my new lease i have it only going off for 3 seconds in the morning. Ill see if my system is right in a couple months.
JUST DID A SEARCH AND THE FL. BLACK BEARS EAT THEM LIKE CORN SO THERE GOES THE FEEDER IDEA.
A search. Lets see momma in oak 15 feet away bending down a limb thicker than my arm. Oh wait it her weight bending it down. she in the oak tree cubs must be 30 feet up. I only have a bow. Don't move she has not seen me yet.
I think I mentioned this already but if you don't want bears coming around never use stumplicker or any molasses type scents or your just asking for trouble or at the least a new feeder. We have a homemade PVC blind with nothing but a burlap wrap on it. I puts acorns and stumplicker down and 20 mins in my blind and I had a bear 75 yards away eyeballin me while it ate all my acorns. Not a comfortable feeling looking at a bear at eye level even 75 yards away! But he didn't like me as much as I didn't like him being there..
I had that mama bear and her cub 10 to 15 feet directly under me. I could of stuck 4 mature bears that day all within 10 yards. I was defiantly on the wrong trail.
This year was the largest acorn crop Ive ever witnessed. I have 13 oaks in my yard. I literally had acorns start dropping in September, and still have an odd one STILL dropping in the front yard
