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An acceptable problem
Dealing with wet protein feed
By Craig Nyhus Lone Star outdoor newS
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Hard, driving and blowing rains are welcome sights on Texas ranches, but moisture from the blowing rain can result in landowners and hunters needing to clear out tubes on their protein feeders.
Feeder companies take steps to minimize moisture that can get to the protein in the feeder, but some things are unavoidable.
“Some feeder designs are better than others, but none are perfect when it rains and back of Texas black bears.
Beginning last summer, the study itself, “Understanding Natural Recolonization of Black Bears in West Texas,” is the product of a partnership between Borderlands Research Institute at Sul Ross State University and the Texas Parks and Wildlife Foundation, as well as funding from the Houston Safari Club Foundation.
“It is a rare opportunity that bears are recolonizing like they are now, 75-100 years later,” said Dr. Louis A. Harveson, who is the Dan Allen Hughes, Jr., Endowed Director of BRI. “It’s pretty
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