And, we've always camped at family campgrounds, no wilderness camping. The bears near those places are pretty used to people, and the rare times they come near the campgrounds, it's usually to forage in the garbage cans and dumpsters.
Still, we ~never~ have food in our tents, and all the coolers go into the locked trunk of the car, to keep away racoons and skunks as much as bears.
cheers, frank
"The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer
From: "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Who else? Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2003 22:33:47 -0600
----- 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
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