They do have a reputation for doing stuff like that. Can't imagine what attracted him to the mat? Cool pic. Hes far from being thin, good eating this winter. They arent winter sleepers are they?
Killed 4 last weekend, been getting in the trash. I was worried about them finding the chickens and food.
They have become so numerous here that they are really bad pests. Then when we learn of people trapping them and moving them out here in the country where "they belong" it ticks us off.
Yuck! Rabies factories! Stay away, trap or kill and keep your yard and trash free of anything they might like, or another one will just move in.
A friend had a black bear licking his mat at the patio/basement level entrance. Turns out his wife had a bird feeder hanging outside the kitchen window above and the spilled seed was blowing across the patio and sticking in the mat. it was an easy fix...but it cost him a fortune...He divorced his wife...