[pct-l] Food Bags --bears

[Gerry Zamora]

So does any one carry a but plug for the bears?  :0/
Sorry first time I heard this explanation and the 12 year old came out in
me...  I would hate to be the vet trying to replace that plug....  the
things we do to hike with nature.
Gerry0625
On Mar 26, 2011 6:23 AM, "CHUCK CHELIN" <steeleye at wildblue.net> wrote:
> Good morning, Paul,
>
>
>
> I don’t think most of the Sierra bears hibernate in PCT areas, if at all.
My
> understanding is they sort of migrate up-country in the spring and early
> summer following the snowline.
>
>
> There are usually two good wildlife experts at the Kick-Off with
> presentations: In past years one has been a cougar expert from Univ.
> Cal.-Davis, and the other is either a Forest Service or National Park
> employee – I don’t remember which – who is a bear expert. That bear-lady
is
> the one to ask if you attend the Kick-Off.
>
> Steel-Eye
>
> Hiking the Pct since before it was the PCT – 1965
>
> http://www.trailjournals.com/steel-eye
>
> http://www.trailjournals.com/SteelEye09
>
>
>
>>
>> > Steel-Eye
>> >
>> > Hiking the Pct since before it was the PCT – 1965
>> >
>> > http://www.trailjournals.com/steel-eye
>> > http://www.trailjournals.com/SteelEye09
>> >
>> > On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 3:06 PM, Gerry Zamora <gerry0625 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> >> So if not in a area with bears is it relatively safe to just leave
your
>> >> food in your pack and leave your pack in your tent? Sounds like a few
>> >> people use this method with out any issues while out of bear country
of
>> >> course.
>> >> Gerry0625
>> >> On Mar 25, 2011 1:50 PM, "Ate Tuna" <atetuna at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>> I have had a mouse not only try to get into my food in that exact
>> >> situation,
>> >>> but had it succeed even though I shooed it away multiple times during
>> the
>> >>> night...and I thought the rain and high winds that night would surely
>> >> blow
>> >>> that critter off the side of the mountain. I was wrong.
>> >>>
>> >>> Now I use a regular Ursack all the time. An Ursack was good enough to
>> >>> protect my food when I left it on Apache Peak when I left the trail
for
>> a
>> >>> week to attend kickoff. I haven't use an Opsak, but I agree with
those
>> >> that
>> >>> think I should.
>> >>>
>> >>> On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 8:02 AM, CHUCK CHELIN <steeleye at wildblue.net>
>> >> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>>> I’ve never had lil' critters try to get into my food when it’s lying
>> on
>> >> the
>> >>>> ground at the head of my bed -- and that’s while sleeping under the
>> >> stars.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 9:29 PM, <dnielsen at djmurphycompany.com>
>> wrote:
>> >>>>
>> >>>>> Just curious what people are using for food bags to keep the
critters
>> >>>> out,
>> >>>>> other than at bear vault areas. Ursack, wire mesh bag, just hang it
>> >> etc.
>> >>>>> ???
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>
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