Black Bear sign

[waterdog101]

I would never harm anything out in the wild, not even a snake. but if a rattler or a bear came around my home where my small kids live and play. something real bad would happen to them. and it would be another secret I would have to live with. the bear may show up and the kids can back off and get in the house safe, then again the bear may come around the house and be between the kids and the house. a bear ain't worth a child's life. after something goes wrong and a bear gets a hold of a child it's to late. like old Barney said, " nip it in the bud."

[smokefan]

I am going to do everything I can to avoid confrontation, but make no mistake I WILL DO WHAT EVER IT TAKES to protect my family. The 12 gauge is loaded and close at hand-my hand that is out of reach of the kids. I wonder if I called the TNDNR if they could or would do anything?

[RoadToad]

I am going to do everything I can to avoid confrontation, but make no mistake I WILL DO WHAT EVER IT TAKES to protect my family. The 12 gauge is loaded and close at hand-my hand that is out of reach of the kids. I wonder if I called the TNDNR if they could or would do anything?

They can, the question is if they will. They get calls from a lot of people wanting bears relocated. I found a pretty good video from them, and around the 11-12 minute mark they talk about that.

http://web.me.com/tnwildlife/TNBEARINFO/tnbearinfo.html