These North Carolina residents were successful at scaring some bear cubs from their dog's food bowl.

[demmiblue]

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I am so jealous of that deck/backyard!

[Autumn]

1. Cute bears and stupid people. Stupid to have a bowl of dog food outside in bear country

[demmiblue]

3. True. n/t

[unc70]

4. Everywhere is bear country in NC

There are a lot of bears everywhere in NC. Mostly they keep to themselves and out of sight. Mostly has two big exceptions: when mother with cubs are foraging; and when adolescent bears (mostly males) are forced to leave "home" and find their own territory. I have lots of video over the years of mother and cubs up the trees in various backyards.

[Arkansas Granny]

9. Absolutely stupid. When the bears become accustomed to finding food on the deck,

they may decide to break into the house to find more. Leaving food outside is like an open invitation to return, in which case the animal can be ruled a nuisance animal and possibly be killed. Encountering a sow with cubs can be dangerous, as well.

[IADEMO2004]

2. OK I'll stop fussing about my groundhog issues.

[Demovictory9]

5. lol. i get these weird little beetles. no more complaining

[Demovictory9]

6. I need to see more of that deck to appreciate it

[Hassin Bin Sober]

10. Yeah, looks really nice.

[Glorfindel]

7. Don't be...I'd bet dollars to donuts that there are rattlesnakes in and under those

granite boulders. Perfect hiding place for them.

[hlthe2b]

8. Yes, beautiful deck, yard, but damn, what stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid people!

They f__ing live in the middle of the woods then think wildlife is going to respect food left out on their deck? Good gawd.

[Bayard]

11. Love it!

CUTE--and skinny--babies. Mom is just doing what good moms do. And yes, that's a gorgeous deck.

I always go to shut the chickens in the coop at night. Last night, a raccoon and I scared the crap out of each other. He had been munching on the last of the chicken feed, and ran up a tree. This morning, I found a pile of raccoon poop in front of the coop door (a comment on my hospitality). Then he'd gone on to the barn and wrecked the feed room trying to see if there was anything he could get into (denied).

When you live in the country with lots of woods, you best expect wildlife. We've had a doe with twin fawns hanging around lately. There was a big heron in the pond yesterday, and a turkey in the pasture this morning. Most of the time, its pretty terrific.