re: Black bear

If they want the bears to leave the feeders alone, they can switch to soybeans. Not much else you can do other than finding a way to scare it either by shooting a round (not shooting the bear) in the area. Other than that, you will just have to live with it in the area. They are going to tear up feeders they can reach with corn in them, and they will claw wood up. It's just things that bears do.

Wounding the animal is surely not the answer though.