DEC Black Bear Warning !

[GOYABEAN]

DEC Delivers - Information to keep you connected and informed from the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation

DEC warns that black bears have been active stealing food from campers, hikers, and rock climbers in two locations in the Dix Mountain Wilderness

Campers and hikers are encouraged to keep all food, toiletries, and garbage in a bear resistant canister to avoid attracting black bears.

Campers are also advised to avoid cooking and eating after dark. Prepare and eat food away from the tent site.

If approached by a bear, do not give it food. Make noise and try to scare it away. Call the DEC Regional Wildlife Office at 518-897-1291to report encounters with bears.

Hikers and campers may also want to consider carrying bear spray as a precautionary measure for close encounters. If you do so please read the instructions carefully before setting out on the trail and be sure to follow the instructions if you use the spray.

Gill Brook
Bears have approached hikers and campers in the area around Gill Brook, Indian Pass, Mt. Colvin, Elk Pass, and Nippletop. These bears are approaching closely in an attempt to intimidate people into giving them food. DEC warns hikers and campers not to reward bears by dropping packs or otherwise providing them with food.

DEC recently captured and euthanized the most aggressive of the bears. A bear with one purple ear tag and one green ear tag had been approaching numerous hikers and campers very closely and not backing down.

Another bear with one red ear tag has been a reported problem but has not behaved as aggressively has been encountered less frequently.

Chapel Pond
Other bears have been stealing food from campers and rock climbers in the area around Chapel Pond, including the Beer Walls.
Campers are hikers are encouraged to keep all food, toiletries, and garbage in a bear resistant canister or out of sight in motor vehicles.

Rock climbers should rack up at their vehicle, leave all food in the vehicle, or carry any food with you as you climb. Do not leave packs on the ground for bears to destroy.

DEC has temporarily closed one of the campsites at the Chapel Pond Outlet while it attempts to capture the bears. Captured bears will be given unique colored ear tags, hazed, and released.

Prevent human bear conflicts.


The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation

 

[Podmonkey]

As far as bears go I thought black bears were fairly chill though. Not that I'd want actively attract them or anything.

 

[GOYABEAN]

As far as bears go I thought black bears were fairly chill though. Not that I'd want actively attract them or anything.

all they want is a few picnic basket

 

[Podmonkey]

Bears gotta eat too!

 

[MoMan]

Hey dude, check out the cool bear over there. Let's go feed it some food Dude! After all, #BLM, right Dude!!

 

[freddy]

People leaving food out and unattended, no doubt. Bear acclimated to humans. A fed bear is a dead bear.

 

[Kent Goldings]

Maybe they will expand early bear season.

 

[Catskillkid]

People leaving food out and unattended, no doubt. Bear acclimated to humans. A fed bear is a dead bear.

Pretty much it. You feed the bears or leave food unattended and they get acclimated to not foraging for food and instead just hit up your BBQ grill, trash can, dumpster, etc. They then start to associate humans with food and not with fear which is a very bad thing. Every black bear I've stumbled across in the woods has run away immediately upon seeing me, but this has always been in a wilderness situation. In camp it might be a different story.

Moral of the story: Don't feed the animals. Eventually they'll become welfare queens or worse.

 

[Cippee]

Hey dude, check out the cool bear over there. Let's go feed it some food Dude! After all, #BLM, right Dude!!

I'm pissed you beat me to the blm. I was gonna say that.

 

[MoMan]

I'm pissed you beat me to the blm. I was gonna say that.

 

[Bushmaster]

People leaving food out and unattended, no doubt. Bear acclimated to humans. A fed bear is a dead bear.

True.. The antis feed game, then the DEC etc.. gets called in to kill them. Typical brain dead libs.

 

[togmaster]

 

[GOYABEAN]

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Mmmmm smells like pepper

 

[Bushmaster]

When all else fails to kiss your butt good bye..... Punch his nose straight on and tiger claw the eyes deep in to his sockets out, then run legs your body is in danger...

 

[Bushmaster]

As far as bears go I thought black bears were fairly chill though. Not that I'd want actively attract them or anything.

To chill at times, and need to be spanked by a rubber 12ga. slug... beanbag.

 

[Podmonkey]

To chill at times, and need to be spanked by a rubber 12ga. slug... beanbag.

That would seem counter productive to bear chillness.

 

[Bushmaster]

The Karelian Bear Dog

 

[Podmonkey]

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That sounded so legit till the last sentence!

 

[Saltwater60]

The French liberal I work with just had his cooler stolen and eating by a bear in the finger lakes this weekend. I said now you know why I carry a gun. The they were cooking dinner the night after and if was just a few feet away from them. Needless to say with bears this active putting your cooler in the car would only get your car damaged I think.