I tend to agree with Kent that you're practicing Russian roulette. Not just with your food, but with bears' lives. Once a bear gets food from humans, sooner or later it will have to be shot. Inevitably, one of these nights you are going to have a visitor. If it isn't a bear, it will be a raccoon or a rat or mouse. I hope you like holes in your shelter and/or pack!

Around here (NW Oregon), bears all go the other way in a hurry when they see a human. We all want to make sure they stay that way, which is why we keep our food hung up out of their way. Or in an Ursack (what I use).

I've also been places in the eastern US where keeping food in your shelter is inviting certain black-and-white striped critters to pay you a visit!


Edited by OregonMouse (03/02/11 09:55 PM)
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