Best way to deal with a black bear??

[Onward Allusion]

A friend who hunts a lot out west said to use a .22 and gut shoot him so he bleeds out and dies in the woods.

I hope your friend said this in jest. In any event, why not just use dried Habanero pepper flakes on your trash and around the property? It'll not only deter the bears but all the other rodents and critters, including kids.

 

[Onward Allusion]

A bit off topic, but hot chile powder mixed into bird seed keeps squirrels away from your bird feeder, but birds don't mind it.

Factoid - Birds are immune to pepper because the plant wants the birds to spread their undigested seed around.

 

[sk8r]

I deal with black bears almost every day from March through to November. In over 30 years of living up here, I've never had to kill one (that I wasn't actually hunting). Try some 1% bear spray, and if that doesn't work, use some 12 ga. bearbangers. Never seen one that didn't head for the hills & not come back after a couple of bangers. I guess there's no video link on here, else I'd show ya.

Either way, if you're gonna shoot a bear, don't even think about some rimfire crap - just kill it - any .30 cal (.308, 30-06, 30-30, whatever) will do just fine. Just make sure you hit the boiler-room & it will drop where it stands.

 

[WildBill63]

A bit off topic, but hot chile powder mixed into bird seed keeps squirrels away from your bird feeder, but birds don't mind it.

That's because birds don't have salivary glands. Pepper needs moisture to activate it.

 

[Robert]

This has run it's course.