Scrape - no joke. As recently as 15 or so years ago, along the Brazos River bottoms near I-10 (between Houston to San Antonio) a farmer had something getting into his chicken house and killing all of his layers. The wire was ripped wide open, from top to bottom, and dead chickens were half burried all over the yard, in addition to the ones eaten on the spot. Yep, you guessed it, a bear. Pretty far south for a bear, don't you think?