[pct-l] Bear canisters

[Austin Williams]

Damn.  I guess these "Problem areas" are aptly named.  Sounds like a cartoon
with Yogi the bear or something.  I'm glad I bought that bear can.
-Austin

On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 10:49 PM, Eric Lee (GAMES) <elee at microsoft.com>
wrote:

> Austin wrote:
> >
> I'll carry a roasted turkey (yes, the whole thing) in a
> cloth bag through all "high problem" areas, bearbagging it each night.  I'm
> am confident that -- despite the yummy smell of the rotting turkey carcus
> --
> no bear will get the turkey.
> >
>
> In the areas we're talking about, you'd probably lose that bet.  The bears
> there have figured out how to defeat any conceivable bear-bagging strategy.
>  They'll climb out on the limb you used and chew through the rope, or if the
> limb won't support them, they'll just bounce up and down on it until it
> breaks.  Mama bears have been known to get their cubs to take flying leaps
> and grab the bags in mid-air.  It's really crazy when they can do.
> ogi
> It sure would be a fascinating experiment, though.  I'd pay to see the
> resulting video!  :-)
>
> Eric
>