Yeah, I've lost one camera to bears already and I need to do that.
Several years back when I was first setting that place up and building my stand nearby, one of my kids brought a new can of white spray paint with them in their back pack (I guess they thought they were marking for a construction site or something LOL) and a bear found the can a couple weeks later and bit into it (spraying white paint all over creation probably a 5 foot diameter spot and from the ground to head high).
The ground, nearby tree's, leaves, bushes. Paint was absolutely everywhere. Looked like it blew up LOL
It was really a sight to behold.
I cant' remember laughing any harder in a long time.
I bet it thinks twice before biting cans again LOL
But they really are powerful creatures and not something to play around with. A lot of people thinks a black bear will retreat at the sign of a human, but they don't have to. God help anyone where a bear doesn't.
I've seen them tear up those big thick plastic garbage can lids with their paws, and claw on electric poles until they're broken in two pieces.
This is the same pole, and the picture was taken about 15 months apart
I hate bears.