So..., I saw my neighbor at the grocery store a couple weeks ago and he asked me if I had seen the bear? Whaaaat??? He said something tore down his bird feeder twice, so he got a trail camera, and sure enough, about 4:30am he caught the bear. Dang
I've been a little cautious since then, mostly just staying in the house except to water the garden real quick like. Today I decided the grass was getting out of hand and decided bear or no bear I would get it done. Look what I found.
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I told myself to calm down and get the grass cut, so I did. As I was mowing, I noticed a County Sheriff car drive by, and the deputy slowed down and was staring at me. Oh, well. A couple minutes later he drove by again and stopped, so I shut the mower off. He got out and came over to me. He said, "It's perfectly legal to do so but why are you carrying a rifle over your shoulder while mowing the lawn?" I said come over here and I'll show you. I showed him the scat and he said "Oh, sh!t". He unsnapped his holster and backed all the way to his car and left. Well, that didn't make me feel much better, so I quit mowing and came back into the house.
I've been meaning to hire a gardener for a while now. He starts tomorrow.