On the 4th of July, mid-afternoon, I was chipping a few golf balls in my backyard which meets with a wooded ravine complete with a small creek. A few neighbors are setting off firecrackers and I hear the crackle of small branches in the ravine. I'm thinking.......a couple of deer on the move. So, I walk over and look down...........Mr. Brownie instead, maybe 250#. He's rambling and eating and before you know it, gone.

Next day, a neighbor calls and says she woke up to the bear licking her barbecue. My other neighbor the next day sees it in her backyard. I'm nervous, my raspberries are full tilt and despite an 8' wire/wood wall around the garden, I know it's no match for a bear. And my 4 dwarf goats are nervous too.

I don't hunt. Anybody got a bear tag? This dude is hanging in the neighborhood for lunch. I checked with the DWL and they said no to tranquilizing and relocating...........the drugs ruin the meat. So, anybody got a better idea?

Snake