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Bear Canisters: Design, Use Cases, and Reviews We hope this guide will help you understand bear canisters a little bit better You'll learn about various testing agencies, bear canister design, materials, usability, and user experiences Lastly, we’ll make some recommendations for bear canisters that reflect unique combinations of value, weight, and capacity
Anyone use a horn for bears? - Backpacking Light Topic Anyone use a horn for bears? Forum Posting A Membership is required to post in the forums Login or become a member to post in the member forums!
Carrying food in bear country? - Backpacking Light With black bears you're probably ok with doing this… With Grizzlies it's a totally different game xxxxxxxx I have a odor proof bag I use and I stash food in that and then put that in my front pouch All other food stays in bags and OP sacks in my bear bag I use the and put most of my food in an OP sack
a Tasar Gun for Black Bear Protection? - Backpacking Light On a side note, personal experience makes me wonder if protection is really necessary for black bears I've yet to meet one that wasn't scared to death of a smelly, 6'2" hairless bi-ped waving sticks in the air and making very horrible noises
Bears: What to do with the clothes you cook in Any bear-country advice I've heard says not to sleep in the same clothes that you cooked your dinner in OK, but I would assume you probably don't want to keep
Philmont’s bear safety rules and practices. - Backpacking Light Philmont’s black bears there are not particularly aggressive or dangerous, just opportunist Most camps have crews in them every night so bears stay close to and frequently check some camps for possible food opportunities of careless or reckless crews So crews have to be vigilant in every campsite Philmont’s bear safety rules and practices were not made arbitrarily or just to make your
using loud noise to scare animals - Backpacking Light Smith says bears tend to ignore high-pitched sounds like bear bells (and maybe that siren linked to above?) but snap to attention when someone coughs, talks, breaks a dry twig, crashes through brush, clears his throat, etc