[pct-l] Southern bears ya'll

[teamcourage@xxxxxxxxx (Dave Fales)]

all you need is a good bear spray and you wont ahve problims with bears.
with has much time has I have been in the outdoos I ahve seen lots of
bears and had penty try come after me and all it took was a good spray
of bear spay to send them running

Jeff Bohannon wrote:

>
> Guy shot a bear in Campo couple years back. It sounded unnecessary,
> probably
> could have scared it off.
> I saw a bear at "creekside camp" in the data book. just past
> interstate 10
> after Whitewater Canyon on my hike. I was getting water when I saw him
> strolling  towards my pack. This was on a Sat. and I imagine he had good
> luck with weekenders there before. Another hiker happened along and we
> were
> laughing at this bear because although he thought he was hiding from us
> behind a bush about a hundred ft. away his rear end was out in plain
> site.
> My friends Tom and Don from Indiana had a bear smash tent poles at
> Arrastre
> camp (before Big Bear)they had seen a note about a bear at this
> established
> site and hung their food. Must've made the Bear mad and scared the
> hell out
> of Tom who was sleeping in the tent at the time. Both incidents were in
> 2001.
>
> Now to answer your question. I wouldn't worry about bears until around
> Kennedy Meadows .I would be cautious and hang food if I was staying in an
> established campsite around Big Bear and wouldn't stay at Arrastre camp
>
> rogue
>
>
>> I was wondering..when do you need to start worrying about bears in the
>> southern part of the state ??
>>
>> Where does the southern boundary of their range end??
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