Twoguns I had my feeder torn down 3 times and the last time you posted about bear troubles I posted my fix it solution and my feeder has been up now for 5 years, a piece of 8 foot roofing tin and a few nails are a lot cheaper than replacing feeders. Use a tree that can't be accesed by another tree, I had to cut a few that were close to mine.
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Martin