I actually DID catch a bear once...a black bear. He was terrorizing a Boy Scout camp were I worked. One night I was walking back from the campfire and I ran right into that bear...I could have reached out and petted him. Oh man, what a scare. If you have ever seen a bear running through the woods, you would die. There is NO way you could ever out run one. They are scary fast. Well, my number wasn't up that night. The next day I saw him tear a "bear proof" box apart and eat an entire bag of Oreo's...and I do mean ENTIRE bag...like bag, paper, cookies, wrappers, everything. He then ate all the canned peaches (just tore the tops of the can off like they were paper). He actually avoided the canned beans. I always wondered if that bear could read!
BUT,
When he pulled a boy out of his sleeping bag the following night, we decided it was time to do something. We set up a 55 gallon drum trap and baited it with watermelon and cantaloupe. Boy, was he MAD when that door slammed down.
Boy were we glad to get rid of him!
David
