Hunting In Bear Country

[Ben Long]

Just joking. I secure my food, toiletries, cooking gear, etc. out of reach of bears when camping in bear country. My clothes I keep with me, what I wear and what I use as a pillow in a stuff sack. One time I spilled smoked oysters on a rain poncho, used that poncho to cover my pack on the ground, and sure as hell a bear stole the poncho overnight. So I don't take smoked oysters in bear country anymore. I think as long as you don't spill something really smelly on yourself, you're OK.

 

[ccc23454]

Check with local NFS office, some have special bear storage rules and they also know where sightings and incidents have been so they are sometimes a a huge plus for just 5 mins on phone. Choose a good camp site, keep it clean and practice storage as you will read about in those above references. Watch all your trash like stuffing gondola or PB&J wrappers in clothing or pack pockets. Most are simple they stay away from you but don't temp them, problems usually involves Cubs and surprising then while sneaking around.

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[SteveE]

Shoulder length gloves for gutting.

Extra clothes to cook in.

Electric fences.

Great if you hunt out of an RV.

Grizzlies make back pack hunting a royal PIA.

I have yet to bone an elk by myself and not get covered in blood.

The statistics are changing very quickly.

I'm with Donnie - I will take lightning and rattlesnakes any day.

 

[SWKSfarmer]

I also lurk there some, but don't really post. I did just buy a MR pack off their classifieds page though.

 

[SWKSfarmer]

Oops, wrong thread, too many pages open at once.