beehive destroying bear

[Humptulips]

No More!
He cost me two beehives. Looks like he got into some green paint. I'm going to see if I can clean it off. What do you think of a bear vest?
Anyone who asks, I took the tag off in preparation to skin him.

[Blacktail Sniper]

Camo so he could get in & out easier...

[Eric M]

Pretty colored bear.

[Skyvalhunter]

He should taste like honey then

[kselkhunter]

Nice bear.  Save the bees!   

[Boss .300 winmag]

👍

Bear coat.🤔

[300rum]

PETA threw a bucket of paint on a live bear?  Idiots!    

[kellama2001]

Sounds like he was a trouble maker! Nice job taking him down. Hope you can get the paint off 

[pianoman9701]

PETA threw a bucket of paint on a live bear?  Idiots!   

Well, he was wearing fur, after all.

[pianoman9701]

Google search:
"Oily substances such as cooking oil, mineral oil or petroleum jelly can help soften the paint so it can be removed easier. Simply soak the area where the paint is and allow it to absorb for a few hours. Then sprinkle some powdered starch to help absorb any liquified paint and excess oil."

[WildlifeAssassin]

Nice bear! In the future an electric fence can prevent more hive losses, it’s worked for a few keepers I have spoken with.

[jackelope]

Nice bear! In the future an electric fence can prevent more hive losses, it’s worked for a few keepers I have spoken with.

Didn't work for me. Really their coats are so thick, they won't feel it unless it gets them on the nose or mouth. I was always told to hang some bacon off the hot wire, that way they'd get zapped for sure. I never tried that.

[Pegasus]

Watched a guy run a successful huckleberry and fireweed honey operation for years in the mountains. He used hot wires and alarms.  Came back for many years so I assumed what ever he was doing was working.

[boneaddict]

Thats what they run for grizz camp so must have some sort of success with it. 

[2MANY]

That bear is what is known as a Greener.
There are tons of them hair matted, liberals roaming the West Olympia area.
Most attend the Evergreen State College and live on their mommy's trust fund money from Grandpa and Grandma's estate.
Get a second tag and dispatch another.

[Bango skank]

Looks like you took out a real trouble maker.  With the paint on him and the beehive shenanigans id be willing to bet he had a habit of raiding garbage cans too.  Hope the meat doesnt reflect that.  Bear up in valdez got into a garbage can and took off with a loaded diaper like he struck gold.  Theyll eat some real foul stuff.  I watched 11 grizzlies tearing into 3 rotten walrus carcasses that washed up on the shore near kivalina. 

[WildlifeAssassin]

Nice bear! In the future an electric fence can prevent more hive losses, it’s worked for a few keepers I have spoken with.

Didn't work for me. Really their coats are so thick, they won't feel it unless it gets them on the nose or mouth. I was always told to hang some bacon off the hot wire, that way they'd get zapped for sure. I never tried that.

Depends on placement & the strength of the energizer as well, I wouldn’t use anything less than 2 joules for bear deterrent. The nets tend to work better than wires.

[KFhunter]

Nice bear! In the future an electric fence can prevent more hive losses, it’s worked for a few keepers I have spoken with.

Didn't work for me. Really their coats are so thick, they won't feel it unless it gets them on the nose or mouth. I was always told to hang some bacon off the hot wire, that way they'd get zapped for sure. I never tried that.

Depends on placement & the strength of the energizer as well, I wouldn’t use anything less than 2 joules for bear deterrent. The nets tend to work better than wires.

My hog fence is more than double that, its a parmak mark 8 putting out 4.9 joules.  I use several of these parmaks actually.   I wouldn't use anything less for bear personally, they're persistent and determined buggers

https://www.amazon.com/Impedance-120-Volt-Electric-reflecting-livestock/dp/B0002YUWFC

and I would use netting for bears I think, possibly even with a few strands in front of the net a few feet and maybe above the netting too

[Alchase]

Nice bear Humptulips!

[JimmyHoffa]

Good deal getting even for the bees, hope no prized queens were eaten.
Do you think that was a trouble maker bear relocated from elsewhere? 
Reason I ask is that bear looks much lighter in color than most bears around the peninsula--most being dark black, with only a few having a dark brown around the muzzle.

[Humptulips]

Good deal getting even for the bees, hope no prized queens were eaten.
Do you think that was a trouble maker bear relocated from elsewhere? 
Reason I ask is that bear looks much lighter in color than most bears around the peninsula--most being dark black, with only a few having a dark brown around the muzzle.

It looks lighter because it was covered in a light green paint which I have been working on removing. I got the last off today.
I do not think it was moved from anyplace but it was up to no good. Besides the green paint it had birdshot embedded in its front legs. Must have been giving other people problems.

[Humptulips]

Here's what it looks like after cleaning.

[HUNTINCOUPLE]

Nice bear! In the future an electric fence can prevent more hive losses, it’s worked for a few keepers I have spoken with.

Didn't work for me. Really their coats are so thick, they won't feel it unless it gets them on the nose or mouth. I was always told to hang some bacon off the hot wire, that way they'd get zapped for sure. I never tried that.

That's a fact.

[ASHQUACK]

Paint balls and birdshot, troublemaker for sure.

[Chesapeake]

We use farm store electric fence chargers and 2 strands of wire around the hives. Bears tend not to return after tangling with the fence the first time.