and you should always hang your poop from a tree. I think I learned that in a movie.
On Sep 22, 2010, at 3:17 PM, Larry C. Lyons wrote: > > whenever I've gone hiking in the Rockies I've had an old coffee can > hooked to my pack. The can had some rocks in it so it rattled. thing > is though, it works with black bears but may not work with grizzlies. > Also the bear spray sold in the U.S. in not legal in Canada. You can > buy a less potent variety in Canada. > > On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 11:55 AM, Medic <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Generally you're trying to scare a bear away, like with a bear-banger, not >> beat it in a fight. It's going to take some pretty substantial hardware to >> put a bear down. However if you can make enough loud noise (and he's not >> really really hungry) you can probably get him to leave. >> >> >> On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 2:48 PM, Sisk, Kris <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> I've always heard that making something 'grizzly proof' was nigh >>> impossible. >>> >>> I've also heard that anything that packs less punch than a 50 cal is >>> likely to just piss them off. Including bear spray. >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:[email protected]] >>> Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2010 1:45 PM >>> To: cf-community >>> Subject: Re: OMG! >>> >>> >>> You need it. I remember when I was working at a mine near Revelstoke >>> BC. The kitchen and food storage was supposedly Grizzly proof. The >>> side of the trailer was torn apart and all the food was scattered or >>> eaten. the problem is that grizzlies generally still consider people >>> as legit prey. They run faster than people and are much stronger. >>> There's a reason why the doors to cabins are very thick and spiked. As >>> for the bear spray, I wouldn't bet my life on it working. >>> >>> >>> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:327714 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
