Originally Posted by Yooper32
In CO, you would be fined heavily for leaving those bird feeders out, which brings in the bears. Once those bears are out of hibernation in the spring, we could not have bird feeders out, or trash cans that were not "bear-proof", which cost a fortune.
I used to have feeders out (while they lasted) that the deer used to eat out of. After a bear destroyed one of my brand new feeders, I gave up. Never heard about any fines in the 9 years I lived there.