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Posted by kutenay on May 3, 2008 at 9:14:00 am EDT
In reply to Bear Food Ediquette While Camping Question CO posted by skinny_duck on April 28, 2008 at 12:16:03 am EDT

One thing I NEVER do is leave my pack beyond arm's reach when solo hiking anywhere here in BC and for a couple of serious reasons. Bears ARE one and an un-expected injury such as an ankle fracture, where I will need my emerg. gear with me, is another.

Here in BC, we have 366,000+ sq.miles of landbase, much of it still remote wilderness and our bear pop. is about 25,000 Grizzlies and 200,000 Blacks. This is probably the largest concentration of bears left anywhere and they are strongly protected, carefully managed and generally loved and looked after.

So, while I will shoot one under some circumstances and do carry a purpose-built bear gun when I deem it prudent, as in the bush camps I will be setting up this coming month and during the summer, I also feel that these bear canisters are a great idea and am going to buy some for my camps where we hang stuff 20 ft. up and use the stainless cable from salmon downriggers to do so. Anything that helps bears is great with me and this technology seems a damm good idea, anywhere.

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