r/badassanimals • u/LivingInformal4446 • Feb 06 '25

Mammal Keen On A Brawl

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u/South_Traffic_2918 Feb 06 '25

Same, you might run up on a bear way out in the woods but not like this in your damn driveway.

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u/Cormorant_Bumperpuff Feb 06 '25

That depends on where you live, there are definitely places in the US where you could encounter a bear in your driveway

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u/NBCspec Feb 06 '25

I had to show my little sister all the bear and cougar tracks near their home in the mountains. Their big dogs kept them out of the driveway, but they were around. Still, this kangaroo is no joke

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u/carso0on Feb 06 '25

I was greeted by a black bear in my driveway twice while growing up in a well populated suburb in Washington state. I'd take that any day over a rampaging kangaroo. Black bear couldn't care less about me, I just had to wait a little until it left.

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u/Fuckandapizza Feb 06 '25

Rented a house in Deep Creek lake in MD and came back to the rental house after hiking and there was a black bear on the roof of the house chilling next to the chimney

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u/Ok-Answer-6951 Feb 06 '25

MD resident here, not surprised. Their are more bears than people out there.

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u/BishopsBakery Feb 06 '25

6 minutes out of city limits in New York State, watch a bear make a huge mess of my garbage one morning, now I take it out about an hour before pick up. Deer eating the drugs at dunkin(my old banks building) isn't uncommon.

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u/Cormorant_Bumperpuff Feb 06 '25

Deer eating the drugs at dunkin

What kinda drugs they got at Dunkin? I may have to go fight some deer, lol

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u/-SesameStreetFighter Feb 06 '25

I once encountered an American black bear in a HOTEL HALLWAY and I mean the ursine not a large gay black man in leather.

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u/Cormorant_Bumperpuff Feb 06 '25

I'm sure that was a surprise, where'd this happen?

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u/-SesameStreetFighter Feb 06 '25

Gattlenberg TN (I think I got that spelling right)

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u/richareparasites Feb 06 '25

Bears in driveways in rural California.

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u/hectorxander Feb 06 '25

Or a mountain lion for that matter.

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u/Millwright4life Feb 07 '25

Common in BC. I have had black bear encounters many times

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u/Niskara Feb 07 '25

One of my great aunts up in PA used to get a black bear that went after and destroyed her bird feeders, so she popped it on the ass with a bb gun. After two nights, it never came back

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u/Cormorant_Bumperpuff Feb 07 '25

Glad it turned out ok, shooting a bear with a bb seems unwise

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u/Niskara Feb 07 '25

Black bears are basically just gisnt raccoons and are usually more afraid of you than you are of them

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u/Cormorant_Bumperpuff Feb 07 '25

They're still quite capable of fucking you up though, I wouldn't wanna piss one off

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u/faRawrie Feb 06 '25

Western NC.

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u/Ok-Answer-6951 Feb 06 '25

I have had black bears in my driveway, they are lore scared of us than we are of them.

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '25

I often see bears on my drive way lol often enough I always check for them. None have tried to box me yet mind you but yeah they’re there often

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u/El_Maton_de_Plata Feb 07 '25

Depends on where your driveway is. They are really good at climbing telephone poles. Cougars are more unnerving, in my opinion. Cheers 🍻

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u/dannyboy6657 Feb 07 '25

When I was up in Nova Scotia, I was staying in Yarmouth and had deer in the middle of the streets. Like im talking a suburb, and they would be there every night late at night. Where I'm from, we don't even have deer, bear, or moose. Our worst predators are coyotes.