[aigel]

The only way to solve this is with a depredation permit. If you don't kill it, invite a friend who can and will. With the damages you have (document them), a depredation permit should be no problem to receive from your fish and game department. If they don't allow you to do the job, have them send you a depredation officer to take care of it.

This bear is a "problem bear" now that he got the taste of an easy meal. He will not change. Why go back to the woods where the food is a lot harder to get? These bears can get aggressive if you get between them and the food.

Dogs will only slightly annoy a bear. I doubt they will change a bear's behavior. The only dogs I would use are a pack of hounds trained to pursue and tree the problem bear after he came by the night before. This way you can easily dispatch it.

Cheers,

George