----- Original Message ----- From: "frank theriault" Subject: Re: Who else?
> LOL!! > > Actually, bears don't scare me. I've camped where there have been bears > nearby, and I know that as long as there's no food in the tent, they won't > bother you. Since we got the crew, we have done all of our camping in bear areas. It's seems that BC works best for us, and it's a bear area. Bears and dogs don't get along so well, and this has had some interesting effects on our camping experience. Being awakened be the dogs going off when they are telling a bear that they are looking after business in their part of the world is pretty exciting. OTOH, bears are, like most animals, pretty lazy, and will take the path of least stress. We don't give them any reason to come near us, and every reason to stay away. It's worked so far. Smells that will attract a bear to your tent include, but are not limited to food, cooking smells (don't ever cook close to your tent, even if you are not in a bear area), some cosmetics (yup, people do take em camping), and menstruation of all things. The black ones are mostly vegetarians, so you generally have to piss them off somehow to get them to attack you. The brown ones can be really nasty creatures, and don't take a lot of provocation to get really piss faced. I don't ever really feel safe in grizzly country One of the worst things you can get in your tent is a bear cub. William Robb
