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Posted by kutenay on March 25, 2008 at 6:42:14 pm EDT
In reply to Camp Kitchen Shelter posted by Kapiltranistapidal on March 25, 2008 at 12:10:22 am EDT

I hang my bear vulnerable gear VERY high, using a pole and light cord, this suspends the stuff about 15-20 ft. above the ground and 5-8 ft from a tree trunk. We ALWAYS do this as our camps are regularly visited by Grizzlies and it is not legal to shoot one just for wrecking your camp.

This is a serious issue in a remote fly-in camp 70 air miles from any human activity or even habitation; you can lose your entire camp in 10 minutes and be stranded in severe weather without survival gear and in B.C., this is not a mere inconvenience.

A good bear pole is 30 ft. long and takes about a half hour to rig properly, I usually have these at certain base camp sites I setup and then use for backpack hunting trips. I also have and will put my grub, etc. into a waterproof sack and sink it into 10-15 ft. of water in an alpine lake.

I have lived my entire life in some of the most densely populated bear country on Earth and I have yet to have a camp wrecked or anything swiped by one...I have never had to shoot one in self-defence, either and this includes camps I set up with 75 forestry workers in tents. I take bears VERY seriously and try to avoid problems so that I don't have to kill one who is simply doing what bears do in the bush!

They ARE smart and learn faster than most dogs and many people.

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