Looking at it, I would say absolutely not.
*Motor is too low. A bear would slap it right off. Motor needs to be 8-9' off ground at minimum
*Winch is accessible to a bear. If he can get his paws or teeth on it, he will figure out how to release the dog on it. Also, the handle needs to be turned around backwards when not using it
*If whatever the pole is attached to is not flashed or wrapped in barbed wire, he will just climb the tree (or box stand in this picture it's strapped to) and get on top of that contraption, and just destroy it
I give that a life expectancy in bear territory of less than 30 days. To call that bear proof is laughable
If the bear can reach it the feeder will be done for. I had one turn a straight 5/8" steel rod into a pretzel and break it in a couple different places and there was no food involved....
Allen is being nice at 30 days and that's only because it will take 14 to find it. Ant no way that would last around the bears I've had tear up feeders.
We had some on our last lease that were much taller (+/- 12' to the bottom of the feeder) and make of thicker round metal, so thick you did not need the support arm. Instead of using a 90 degree angle at the top it utilized two angles at 45 degrees to reach the top bar. The bears did not climb them and the handle to the crank was chained to the pole. The bears started pulling on the cable itself and shaking the sh*t out of the feeder causing the corn to fall out the bottom. A number of the cables started fraying causing issues with moving through the pulleys easily.
No way that feeder is 9' off the ground. That's a 12' extension ladder (I have one identical) to use for comparison. Winched all the way up, it might be 6' max
