dealing with marauding bears

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Posted by bheiser1 on October 2, 2007 at 1:06:01 am EDT

This hasn't (knock on wood) happened to me yet, but on my recent backpacking trips I've been giving it a lot of thought. So I thought I'd see what you all think. :)

Say you were backpacking in bear country. You follow proper "bear protocol" by storing your food in a bear canister. You also locate your sleeping quarters 100-200 feet from where you have your food, pack, etc.

Say you awoke during the night to the sound of a bear trying to get into the bear canister, and maybe tossing around your other gear nearby.

Would you:

a) try to ignore it and go back to sleep, since you don't want to go near the bear and direct its attention to you, and you know it can't get into your food anyway

b) get up, and approach the food area, and try to scare the bear away, hoping this might help save the rest of your gear from being torn apart

c) something else?

Which would you do?

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