That enormous bear in Doubleplay's photo standing by the steel drum appears to be wearing a game department's ear tag, if I'm not mistaken. In my state, they often tag "problem" bears that have already been relocated. There's kind of a three strikes and your put down rule for black bears that can't stay off people's porches. The department had to catch and relocate one such bear from my back yard last year that had developed a taste for the dry cat food in the dispenser on my porch. I tried to take care of the problem myself, but he wouldn't show during daylight hours when the season was opened. We bagged him in the culvert trap the first night it was set and baited with rotten apples and bacon. A large, mature and healthy jet black boar.
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