On 8 Jun 2016, at 19:04, Ken Waller <[email protected]> wrote: > > The whole idea here is to not present a unique odor for the bear to come and > check out. > > So the less you smell 'civilized' the less chance you'll become their next > meal.
It takes a long time to become that natural smelling. Snipers and ghillies and such-like apparently spend days in the wild getting smelly enough not to leave a human scent that dogs can follow or animals can recognise as human. > > A big issue with bears is not to suprise them. Several of the maulings I'm > aware of were due to humans getting > between the mom and her cubs or > those that came upon a bear and surprised it. That would certainly do it. B > > > Kenneth Waller > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stanley Halpin" > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Home from Grandfather Mountain. > > >> In early September we will be in Alaska, have a one-day tour where the two >> of us (and maybe 2 others) will be flown to an area to be determined where >> bears have been recently spotted according to the best information the pilot >> has acquired. The information sheet includes the following list of items >> that we should not bring: >> >> • Seafood in your lunches >> • Backpacks or clothing from previous days fishing, unless thoroughly washed >> • Glass containers >> • Aerosol sprays >> • Bear spray or Pepper spray (unsafe on the aircraft) >> • Firearms (not allowed on the aircraft) >> >> They don’t mention after-shave. >> >> stan >> >>> On Jun 7, 2016, at 6:10 PM, Bob W-PDML <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> So not a good idea to wear salmon-scented after-shave? >>> >>>>> On 7 Jun 2016, at 19:20, Daniel J. Matyola <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> On Tue, Jun 7, 2016 at 1:16 PM, Christine Aguila <[email protected]> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> Seeing a wild bear sounds cool and scary at the same time >>>> >>>> It's NOT seeing a wild bear that is dangerous. If you see the bear >>>> before it sees you, and you stay out of its way and awy from any cubs, >>>> they seldom bother you. If, however, you unexpectedly come into close >>>> proximity to a bear in the woods, or inadvertently approach a cub, >>>> things can get very dicey indeed. I got rather close to a number of >>>> them in Alaska, but I kept my distance and they were more interested >>>> in the salmon than me, so there was never any real danger. The sight >>>> -- or the smell -- can increase one's pulse rate a bit in any event. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
