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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
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
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
Bears in Ventana. - Backpacking Light Bears are common throughout the entire Los Padres National Forest I mostly hike the southern sections of the Forest (from San Luis Obispo area south) but we see bear, or signs of bear, all the time Big cats too I don't see why it would be any different in the northern areas of Los Padres
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
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
Nalgene vs BYOB (and Bears) - Backpacking Light Yesterday I was having a conversation with some of the guys in our Troop who went to Philmont in '09 and they said that Philmont is against bringing water containers that have held anything but water due to potential scents attracting bears and all water containers brought to Philmont from the outside must be stored in the bear bags as a bear
Carrying food in bear country? - Backpacking Light It would be extremely rare for wildlife to try to challenge a human for food while on the trail At night is when the stealthy animals will approach What is even worse is that bears seem to know the transition period when you've first walked into camp, maybe you are preparing a meal, but the food has not yet been stored high in a tree
Does hanging food really stop bears? - Backpacking Light Do not forget that the general category of “bears” includes black bears and grizzly bears Black bears are omnivores with few predatory inclinations Grizzly bears are generally much more predatory (Indeed there was a study about grizzly’s predating on blacks in Yellowstone ) These are two different animals with two different behaviors
a Tasar Gun for Black Bear Protection? - Backpacking Light With bears, noise and proper campsite foodhandling seems to be key… all is is a hail mary And bear spray is fairly effective as last resort Plus, tasers are fun to use on your partner when bored on graveyards and people are getting tired… peps them right up!