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Out west bears are getting smarter. When I hiked the PCT the reccomended hag was counterbalance since bears had learned ropes tied to trees meant food.They then learned that bouncing on branch food was hung on could make it fall. Thus the current PCT method. Even now they know if they go far enough out on the branch it will break & they can take a fall to get food. Now in the DAKs a bear was killed because she learned how to get into ber canistors. In car campgrounds they learned how to peel trunks & door open enoug to get in. Even had a frind sleeping with his food abruptly woken up to the sound of his tent being sliced open & a bear breathing on him.
Other than DAK's bear they were in the west. Sure east coast bears will learn to adapt at some point. -
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Mountain-Mike wrote:
Other than DAK's bear they were in the west. Sure east coast bears will learn to adapt at some point.
I'm not lost. I know where I am. I'm right here. -
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if you sleep with your food, what do you do with it when you go get water, or go exploring?Lost in the right direction.
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TrafficJam wrote:
if you sleep with your food, what do you do with it when you go get water, or go exploring?
"Sleep with your food" is a misnomer, what it actually means is "never leave your food unattended."
I've had occasions where I have literally (and I mean literally) picked my attended food bag off a table in front of several people, walked down to the water source, filled up, and then five minutes later come back to find that another person's foodbag which had been on the table when I grabbed mine had been attacked by rodents during the 3-4 minutes that I was away from the table.Dogs are excellent judges of character, this fact goes a long way toward explaining why some people don't like being around them. -
I sleep with mine most of the time but don't like taking my eyes off of it in camp.Lost in the right direction.
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SarcasmTheElf wrote:
TrafficJam wrote:
if you sleep with your food, what do you do with it when you go get water, or go exploring?
"Sleep with your food" is a misnomer, what it actually means is "never leave your food unattended."
I've had occasions where I have literally (and I mean literally) picked my attended food bag off a table in front of several people, walked down to the water source, filled up, and then five minutes later come back to find that another person's foodbag which had been on the table when I grabbed mine had been attacked by rodents during the 3-4 minutes that I was away from the table.
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JimBlue wrote:
SarcasmTheElf wrote:
TrafficJam wrote:
if you sleep with your food, what do you do with it when you go get water, or go exploring?
I've had occasions where I have literally (and I mean literally) picked my attended food bag off a table in front of several people, walked down to the water source, filled up, and then five minutes later come back to find that another person's foodbag which had been on the table when I grabbed mine had been attacked by rodents during the 3-4 minutes that I was away from the table.
Dogs are excellent judges of character, this fact goes a long way toward explaining why some people don't like being around them. -
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Astro wrote:
Those Hawk Mountain rodents probably feel like the NoBo bubble is harvest season.
Yeah I can see that. If I have extra food, I don't mind sharing with people, but not critters.--
"What do you mean its sunrise already ?!", me.
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