Misery for deer is arriving after two months of energy-sapping snow depths and unrelenting stretches of subzero temperatures. Some are starving, others have lost their wariness of people.
Drought drives bears to search for food in Minnesota s north woods
Extreme drought in the north woods is making it hard for bears to find food sources needed to prepare for hibernation. Written By: Lorie R. Skarpness | 7:00 pm, Jul. 24, 2021 ×
Black bears looking for food are oportunistic and will even raid bird feeders in broad daylight when natural food sources like berries are in short supply. (Shutterstock)
PARK RAPIDS, Minn. Joe Markell lives on East River Drive, just across the river from the Cenex station in Park Rapids. He learned a bear had visited their birdfeeders at 12:10 a.m. July 21 when he saw the large bruin on their Google Nest camera.