[pct-l] Pee as bear deterrent?

[Brick Robbins]

On Sun, Nov 3, 2013 at 7:50 PM, Paint Your Wagon <n801yz at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Comparing urine to moth balls, and or moth balls to an Opsack’s contents, isn’t a fair comparison seeing how they are quite different.

Comparing one Old Wives Tail to another Old Wives Tail is a fair comparison.

OpSacks were shown in a good test to not prevent canines from smelling
their contents. Bears probably have just as good a sense of smell as a
dog.

One google search brought up a Department of Fish and Game page, as
well several other that said Moth Balls actually attract bears. Yet
another Old Wives Tail.

Personal experience is not generally a large enough sample size to
validate a method, even if you like and respect the source of the
personal experience, as many of us did Mendo Rider.

Apologies to Old Wives.