Black Bear + Horses = BAD

wolfgirl159357 · Joined: 07 Aug 2009 Posts: 19967

Maybe it had a disease.

*~Trent~* · Joined: 14 Jan 2010 Posts: 8655

i dont feel that the horse has a disease... this recent photo makes them look pretty healthy, and their eyes look clear.

Cowgirls Rule · Joined: 29 Apr 2007 Posts: 10721

Oh my gosh! I'm glad that you and your horses weren't harmed.

wolfgirl159357 · Joined: 07 Aug 2009 Posts: 19967

no not the horse the black bear

*~Trent~* · Joined: 14 Jan 2010 Posts: 8655

why do you think it had a disease?

wolfgirl159357 · Joined: 07 Aug 2009 Posts: 19967

black bears dont usually come out during the day, they are nocturnal, and it looks rather thin.

SomebodyDude · Joined: 15 Aug 2009 Posts: 4997

^^Wolfie does have a point.... Black bears will usually run from humans and are rarely out durring the day.

wolfgirl159357 · Joined: 07 Aug 2009 Posts: 19967

yup yup i know my animals hehe

Bratterratt · Joined: 07 Jul 2008 Posts: 7533

Yes, we were all really surprised with how it acted. My dad said that it most likely has been hanging around the upper forest and got used to hearing the dogs. So finally, it just decided to take it's chances. EPIC FAIL.

Cocodri · Joined: 03 Jan 2007 Posts: 551

Wow That had to be really scary.

We just had a bear go strolling around in one the of pecan orchards in this area. He hung out all day - they finally called the Forestry Service and they tranquilized him and hauled him up to the Gila (Nat'l Forest). 250 lbs - HUGE for a Black Bear. Couldn't figure out what was up with him either.

A few years ago a family who has a land lease in the Gila had a black bear attack and kill a horse while they were gone. Forestry Service hunted him down and killed him.

We don't usually get bears down here on the Jornada - but then they don't usually get them in Hillsboro (where the bear was in the orchard) either, so you never know. We do have cougar, bobcat, coyote, rattlesnakes, badgers, owls... lots of wildlife. Very Happy

Cosmosxx · Joined: 28 Apr 2009 Posts: 1228

Not to burst the bubble, but poor bear. Sad

Sorry, I'm just very anti firearms...

Bratterratt · Joined: 07 Jul 2008 Posts: 7533

250 lbs! That's CRAZY for a black bear! That boy must have been a big one! But I'm not surprised either. I swear, they get bigger every year!

But Cosmosxx, we had two baby horses, a baby sheep, a goat, a baby dog, and an older dog at stake. If my dad hadn't shot this crazed bear, then they would all have been either injured, run to death, or attacked... I say the bear deserved it....

SisKate · Joined: 25 Sep 2007 Posts: 1837

I'm glad that none of your animals were hurt :O

I would have been so scared! What a story! And what a big black bear, my goodness!

SisKate

Queso · Joined: 11 Mar 2007 Posts: 3597

Holy crap, that would have given me a heart attack! I live in the mountains too and we get them around sometimes but like others have said, they are usually really skittish. It's scary how bold this one was, good thing your dad was there to shoot him and none of your critters got hurt!

Bratterratt · Joined: 07 Jul 2008 Posts: 7533

Ya, we were so incredibly lucky! I just hope next time things will go as well! If that bear had been let alive for just one more minute, we could have had dead livestock on our hands...