I just KNEW it was going to happen...

[ScottEPooh]

Make the poles metal, and run a current through them with a switch located indoors. That way, when you see that bear, tazer him!!!! Not enough to fry him, but enough for him to remember feeders=pain.

[Weasel Mender]

1 Bears are NOT cuddly ,they all have long claws and teeth and will use them!
2. Any bear that bear that worries you should become carpet AT ONCE!!!!!!!
You can tell Fish and Game "The bear is dead and I am alive because that's the way I wanted it. Last time I checked they were not going to kill and eat me in jail' It worked for a friend in north CA after a griz tried to break into his house with mayhem on its mind .