Not just pheasants in Pembina

[luvcatchingbass]

Bees don’t sting unless you’re an asshole to them first and honey is awesome. Wasps can burn in hell they bring nothing useful to the world

When I worked for the bee keeper he pretty much never wore gloves when we worked the yards. It always interested me watching him work through a hive and rarely get stung.

 

[SDMF]

When black bears show up now, they are like large racoons.

Beat me to it. Black Bear = 100#-400# Raccoon. They can get into more stuff and make a bigger mess than raccoons do. Producers of hone, oats, corn, and sunflowers will no doubt find any bear that's "moved in" somewhere between a nuisance and a doggone menace.

Regarding actual danger from black bears, they're like lots of critters, mostly not a big deal unless you surprise or corner them. The obvious danger everyone pretty much knows about is getting between momma and cubs. I bet during harvest a bear chased out of crops can be pretty irate if they're then chased out of whatever sanctuary they find by hunters and/or their hunting dog

I don't mind knowing there's a bit more "wild" on the prairie, but then, my opinion hardly counts as living in town, I don't have to deal with them daily, or really ever. Save for kind of sneaking up on a bear by accident hunting ruffs in MN on a windy day, I can't recall ever having seen a bear unless I was hunting bears.

Have to edit the above. I've seen bears in Ont. and AB while fishing and hunting moose. More accurately, I've never really seen bears where one wouldn't expect to see bears. Even sunrise/sunset cruises out looking @ deer in NW MN or driving for work across much of central/northern MN I've never seen a bear. Wolves, Fishers, and Otters, never a bear.

 

[Davy Crockett]

Black Bear = 100#-400# Raccoon.

I planted 40 acres of hulless oats one year and by fall I noticed a spot that was laying flat on the ground couldn't find any tracks or crap , a co-worker thought it was a bear , he said they sit down in an oats field and use the paws to pull the grain to thier mouth. It went from about 20 foot circle to double size by a few days later then I found coon crap . Drove out at night with my lights off and turned them on when I got there. I've never saw so many coons at one time in my life.