New Hampshire Fish and Game says the best way to prevent bears from wandering onto your property is to take away their source of food.

They say bird feeders should be taken down from April to December every year when bears are most active.

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A migrant farmworker harvests Vidalia onions at a farm in Collins, in 2011. A coalition of farmworkers, including one based in Georgia, filed suit last month in federal court arguing that cuts to H-2A wages will trigger a cut in the pay and standard of living of U.S. agricultural workers. (Bita Honarvar/AJC)

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