bivy elk hunting and bear issues?

[sebek556]

 

[high country]

I have never had a problem and have never hung my food.  Black bears aren't very brave.

untill they get conditioned to humans.

[Recurve-Elk]

hanging your food wont keep the bears out of your camp if they smell it they will investigate.  You could hang the food, but keep in mind black bear can climb trees.  Just watch all the vids of them after being shot they go strait up trees. 

Odds are you wont have an issue,  but if you want to be extra safe.  Seal your food up in smell proof containers, and clean up pots and pans real well.  Thats about the best you can do. 

[kalamasasquatch]

i could go with you an kill some bears if you would like? 

i'll be going up on the 15th to do just that....... lets go!

[WA hunter14]

i wish i could  its been my flippen dream to kill a bear but no one in my family knows anything about bear hunting so id have no idea where to start. oh an i cant cause unfourtunately im 14

[hirshey]

If you want your food closer, there's always the option of bear bags or canisters.  I prefer bags... easier to hang if you decide you want to, but they are tamper proof and keep the mice at bay also and if you really don't have hanging options they limit the smell also.

Happy hunting.

[Shawn Ryan]

No bear in the food issues, but I did wake up in the middle of the night once with something sitting/crawling on my head.  I brought my arm up out of the sleeping bag to throw it off; it left on its own as I started to move, and all I got was a handful of bushy tail.  It was about the size of a medium raccoon and I was sleeping real close to a creek.  Too dark to know what it was.  I usually don't bivy next to a creek, but I wanted to test the coldness to see how much different the temperature was given the terrain.  Answer:  a lot.

[dreamunelk]

Just get a bear tag! 
Darn thing just wandered into camp and well, I have a bear tag so I tagged it!

[JLS]

Agree with Hirshey, limiting the smell and keeping the small critters out of it are your two primary concerns.  If a bear smells it and wants it bad enough he'll get it.  Most backpacking foods that are hung up should be pretty safe.  I'd never leave mine on the ground.  Heck, last year I lost a wool sock to a critter.  I suspect a marmot, but the culprit went free.

[actionshooter]

Never had a bear come into my bivy camp but had a mouse run in my mouth while I was sleeping (at least thats what I think it was).

 Next time I'll take the bear. 

[chrisb]

what answer did you want? the bears will wander into your campsite with a cold six pack toss you a beer and tell you where the elk are if you leave food laying around? 

Let me know how this works.... If it does i'm becoming a bivvy hinter

[ICEMAN]

Frickin mice have ruined many nights of sleeping for me. Hate them!

[RUTNBULL1]

With a name like Sasquatch, how come your afraid of them bears?

[kalamasasquatch]

With a name like Sasquatch, how come your afraid of them bears?

I just wanna get along with the neighbors

[True Sportsman]

Take 2 tylenol pm's. You'll sleep so hard, you wont care about bears...