Black bears will tear up almost every feeder. I have put 55gal spin feeders suspended on a cable between 2 trees. They figured out that the boat winch rope that was in a third tree 9' off the ground would trickle corn from the feeder if they hit it hard enough. They eventually broke the rope but the empty feeder was jammed into the pulley in the middle of the cable. Tripod feeders are pushed over, and the mechanism chewed. My last attempt involved 17foot 2 3/8" diameter pipe concreted in the ground. The 55 gallon drums ( with spin feeders on the bottoms) were bolted to the side of the pipe which was vertical. The bottom of the feeders were at least 10' off the ground and we still have had some of the spin feeders ripped off. We will probably have to weld barbed wire to the pipes. On the other hand trough type feeders are not torn up, they just eat what they want. If you are getting bear pics on your cameras you won't be getting many deer pics .
