How To Bear Proof Your Home

Keeping Bears Out

Close and lock all bear-accessible windows and doors when you leave the house, and at night before you go to bed.
Bears are great climbers ? remove any tree limbs that might provide access to upper level decks and windows
Replace exterior lever-style door handles with good quality round door knobs that bears can?t pull or push open.
Put on talk radio (not music) when you leave home; the human voice startles most bears.

Don?t leave trash out overnight unless it?s in a bear-proof enclosure or container. Obey all local regulations
Don?t store food of any kind in an unlocked garage, flimsy shed or on or under your deck.
Don?t leave anything with an odor outside, near open windows or in your vehicle, even if you?re home. That includes scented candles, air fresheners, soaps and lotions.

If a bear comes into your yard or close to your home, do yourself and the bear a big favor, and scare it away. A confident attitude plus loud noises like a firm yell, clapping your hands, banging on pots and pans or blowing an air horn sends most bears running
If a bear enters your home, open doors and windows and make sure it can leave the same way it got in. Don?t approach the bear or block escape routes.
Never approach a bear. If a bear won?t leave, call your local animal control office. If a bear presents an immediate threat to human safety, call 911