Winners of the Bear-proof Your Feeder Competition

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission's Bear Management Program proudly announces and congratulates the following winners of the Bear-Proof Your Feeder Competition:

Grand Prize: Donald Pierce for his skid design.
Donald Pierce, alternate design (suspended cable )
	Second Prize: Jerry Saraceno for his tripod suspension design.
Third Prize: Peter Wolk for his electrified tripod design.
	Lottery Prize: Luis Oliver for his pole suspension design.

The following criteria were used to evaluate each entry:

• How bear proof is it? (MOST important category)
• Ease of construction
• Ease of use (i.e. how easy is it to refill and use the deer/wildlife feeder)
• Cost to build (excluding deer/wildlife feeder itself)

Prizes

Grand Prize: $100 cash, participant's company's recognition (logo) for winning entry on the FWC website (or an extra prize), and choice of two additional prizes listed below in BLUE.

2nd Place: Choice of two prizes listed below

3rd Place: Choice of one prize listed below

Lottery Prize: Choice of one prize listed below.  Entries were entered into the lottery simply for submitting a photo/sketch into the competition.

Prizes: Florida Wildlife Bear License plate gift certificate, Black Bear T-Shirt, Florida Wildlife Magazine subscription, Woods N Water Magazine subscription

Thank you to the many participants that took the time to enter the Bear-Proof Your Feeder Competition. With your help, the FWC will be further able to protect wildlife feeders and reduce bear conflicts at wildlife feeding stations throughout Florida.