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The science of scent, bears, and ways to severely restrict odor . . . Have a fire at night? Bears know that humans with food have fires It’s hard to imagine that at close range, a bear won’t be able to pick up the scent of a food bag Maybe these bags make odors invisible to bears and they wander off flummoxed at finding humans out in the woods with no food…again, until you start cooking I use a Bearikade
Bear and Food Storage Policy in the National Parks Keeping human food away from bears worked Keeping food away from bears has also saved our bumbling, adorable fuzzballs from being put down This is important not just because they’re cute, but because since 1975, grizzly bears have been listed as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act A fed bear is a dead bear: Feeding a wild
Protecting Your Food From Bears (Members Q A) Todd, black bears in southeast US don’t hibernate unless its really cold for some time Past many years bears have been Very Active on the AT all year, much due to increase of novice hikers From direct conversation with 2 brothers, and a recent thru-hiker article on The Trek, southeastern bears can defeat tree limb hangs
Bear Canisters: Design, Use Cases, and Reviews Bear encounters increase when bears get a taste of human food, endangering both humans and bears In our online course about Ursacks, we present important research that correlates human-bear conflict with food-conditioned bears Effective food storage devices and techniques are critical to minimizing conflicts, attacks, and fatalities – for
Anyone use a horn for bears? - Backpacking Light I recently read the book The Essential Grizzly: The mingled fates of men and bears Very current and a great read from Doug’s fascinating story-like accounts of “the days in a life” take on 3 different bears that exist in the lower 48 to his wife’s broader scope look at how men and bears are co-existing
Warding Off Bears - Backpacking Light Black bears in California can usually be treated like troublesome dogs but with food-stealing skills even Yogi and Boo-Boo would envy In Canada they apparently are more of a personal threat but less wily when it comes to stealing food I'm amazed if AT bears can be fooled by a single-bag food hang
Protecting Your Food From Bears - Backpacking Light Figuring out how to protect your food from bears in the backcountry is a puzzle that has been debated by backpackers, food storage gear vendors, and agency land managers for decades Hanging a bear bag is time-consuming and prone to error, portable hard-sided bear canisters are heavy, soft bags made from bulletproof fabrics are controversial
Nunatak Gear Bears Ears 50 Backpack Review - Backpacking Light The Nunatak Bears Ears 50 seems like a unique and versatile pack It combines a rich feature set, thoughtful design, and bulky-item carrying capacity (complete with floating hipbelt) with a 35-pound (16 kg) load capacity and minimalist removable foam back panel
Carrying food in bear country? - Backpacking Light Bears approach people often I've had grizzlies (and black bears) run at me many times Virtually always it was because they didn't know what I was and were curious or they hadn't seen me at all and they were just loping cross-country They always ended up hurrying or running away
Bears: What to do with the clothes you cook in One big factor is if the local bears are habituated to the people food equation If they are, more precautions make sense I think it's important to remember that an average of about 1 person a year is killed by bears, and close to 20,000 people a year are murdered and over 40,000 killed on the roads Bears DO commonly destroy gear and raid food