Hi Diamond!! Well, I guess the GOOD news is the bear didn't break in!!! Where i live, Pine-sol, (the ORIGINAL icky-scent) FULL STRENGTH soaked on LARGE towels around the perimiter of the porch seems to be a pretty good deterrent.

Now, if you were as unlucky as my friend, the bear got into her utility porch-and RAIDED the 12-packs of Bud she got on sale...caught the bear RED -HANDED punching through the tops with its claws, and GUZZLING it down...she called her neighbor across the street in a panic! During the lengthy phone converstion trying to figure out what the heck to do--(shock, laughter, etc.etc..), the bear had finished the twelve-pack, and was literally STAGGERING across the street, DRUNK AS A SKUNK---WITH a can of Bud in his paw!!!!

She tried the Pine-Sol--didn't have a problem after that!!! (Or maybe the bear had a REALLY bad hang-over, and did NOT want to return to the scene!)
Pine-sol works with raccoons and skunks, too!

Good Luck!!

Brokenwings