Post by: kalamasasquatch on July 26, 2011, 11:04:10 AM
Post by: JLS on July 26, 2011, 11:07:26 AM
Post by: kalamasasquatch on July 26, 2011, 11:08:55 AM
Post by: pianoman9701 on July 26, 2011, 11:41:16 AM
Post by: sebek556 on July 26, 2011, 11:44:31 AM
Post by: kalamasasquatch on July 26, 2011, 11:45:45 AM
Post by: boneaddict on July 26, 2011, 11:48:24 AM
I generally worry more about mice than I do bears.
Post by: sebek556 on July 26, 2011, 11:50:38 AM
Post by: HighCountryHunter88 on July 26, 2011, 11:55:36 AM
Interested to know what kind of food you pack when you Bivy.
I generally worry more about mice than I do bears.
:yeah: i have never been worried about hanging my food, just keep it clean and sealed up, has anyone ever had a bear come into camp and get at thier food? I could see it in a park where bears are less likely to be scared of humans but not so much in areas where bears are more human savy due being shot at.
Post by: Houndhunter on July 26, 2011, 12:11:49 PM
Post by: high country on July 26, 2011, 12:36:52 PM
I hang my sleeping bag bag with my chow every night. I like to eat.
Post by: PacificNWhunter on July 26, 2011, 01:07:46 PM
Post by: kalamasasquatch on July 26, 2011, 01:13:48 PM
Post by: dreamingbig on July 26, 2011, 01:20:46 PM
Post by: WA hunter14 on July 26, 2011, 01:31:52 PM
Post by: sebek556 on July 26, 2011, 01:33:29 PM
Post by: high country on July 26, 2011, 02:02:58 PM
I have never had a problem and have never hung my food. Black bears aren't very brave.
untill they get conditioned to humans.
Post by: Recurve-Elk on July 26, 2011, 02:09:47 PM
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.
Post by: kalamasasquatch on July 26, 2011, 02:43:42 PM
i could go with you an kill some bears if you would like? 8)
i'll be going up on the 15th to do just that....... lets go!
Post by: WA hunter14 on July 26, 2011, 03:00:33 PM
Post by: hirshey on July 26, 2011, 03:19:38 PM
Happy hunting.
Post by: Shawn Ryan on July 26, 2011, 05:50:54 PM
Post by: dreamunelk on July 26, 2011, 07:01:11 PM
Darn thing just wandered into camp and well, I have a bear tag so I tagged it!
Post by: JLS on July 26, 2011, 08:41:33 PM
Post by: actionshooter on July 26, 2011, 08:45:37 PM
Next time I'll take the bear. :puke:
Post by: chrisb on July 26, 2011, 08:47:40 PM
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? :chuckle:
Let me know how this works.... If it does i'm becoming a bivvy hinter
Post by: ICEMAN on July 26, 2011, 09:03:38 PM
Post by: RUTNBULL1 on July 26, 2011, 09:45:23 PM
Post by: kalamasasquatch on July 26, 2011, 10:06:59 PM
With a name like Sasquatch, how come your afraid of them bears? :chuckle:
I just wanna get along with the neighbors
Post by: True Sportsman on July 26, 2011, 10:36:48 PM
Post by: Dchuber1 on July 27, 2011, 09:38:31 AM
Post by: high country on July 27, 2011, 10:07:09 AM
Post by: PacificNWhunter on July 27, 2011, 10:43:16 AM
Haven't had much problems with bears bivying out in Washington, but I always hang my food or use a bear container. I've hunted in Montana where it's thick with bears. They aren't park bears but they sure acted like it, no fear of humans at all and very curious. These were grizzly and black bears. I'd rather not take the chance, fighting off a bear in a bivy sack never sounded like much fun to me! If you don't have many places to hang your food the bear cans work well. They will also take care of the mice problem too. Just load everything you want protected in the can, set it somewhere away from your bivy and you're good to go. I attached a picture of a curious bruin who came to check out my camp while I was backpacking. BTW, this was in Western Washington.
Last time I camped up in the valley I saw 8 bears, my buddy just went about a month ago and they saw 13 in less then 24 hours. Said they had a hard time finding a camp spot because of all of them.
Post by: Yeti on July 27, 2011, 10:48:39 AM
Post by: et1702 on July 27, 2011, 01:42:17 PM
I'd definitely hoist, especially if you are in the back country and don't want to hike out again to reprovision.
Post by: dreamingbig on July 27, 2011, 01:45:51 PM
Post by: actionshooter on July 27, 2011, 10:43:50 PM
A small one maybe 75# was really pissed with us crossing the valley and was false charging, snapping his jaws and the whole bit. :o
I'm backing up real slow (while taking pics) and I turn to say something to my buddy and his dad..........well they are 50+ yards away on the porch of the chalet. :yike:
Cool area, I was thinking maybe this weekend.
Post by: kalamasasquatch on July 27, 2011, 11:49:00 PM
Post by: sebek556 on July 27, 2011, 11:52:58 PM
Post by: actionshooter on July 28, 2011, 09:05:43 PM
i need to go bear hunting where you guys are camping! :oIts in the Park, these are yogi,picnic basket stealing kinda bears
Post by: Jake T on July 30, 2011, 10:10:57 AM
would bear spray last long enough?
Post by: high country on July 30, 2011, 05:50:54 PM
what about bear spray? could you spray around your camp as a sort of barrier to keep things away? like one of those candles that keeps mosquitoes at bay?
would bear spray last long enough?
Piss would be better. If you are totally freaked out by bears, keep in mind they absolutely do not like people. I have seen a bunch an many up close, all of them, aside from park bears, have run from me like I was the devil himself. Just don't leave food laying around your camp....you will be fine.
Post by: JimmyHoffa on July 30, 2011, 06:01:35 PM
Post by: one-eyed Ross on July 30, 2011, 07:43:30 PM
Post by: Ironhead on July 30, 2011, 07:56:32 PM
Post by: Shawn Ryan on July 30, 2011, 10:47:35 PM
Post by: Mountainwalker on August 01, 2011, 07:30:46 AM
1. Food and all sented items are stored in a food canister (Bear Vault 350) (do a search for BV350).
2. Cook 100ft from the food storage site and 100ft from where I sleep (think of a triangle).
3. Leave no food behind, cook only what I eat and keep my trash in the BV350.
If you hang your food, string a rope between two trees with a pulley in the middle. This allows you to easily pull you food up with another rope (use low stretch rope, parachute cord is ok for 20lbs but it has too much stretch once the weight gets beyond that). The storage sack should be 10ft from either tree and 12ft off the ground. I quit doing this because I am usually above the tree line and once you get into the subalpine region the trees may be old but they aren't big. Benefits of a food canister, you can use it as a seat when eating and you can utilize all daylight hours, little critters can't get into it and you don't have to search for trees. The big down side is learning to pack your backpack, it is a room hog. A personal note here, I have never run across someones food hung correctly. A rope over a high limb is incorrect.
As stated in a earlier post, bear spay is for the bears respiratory system not the ground and vegitation. If you are nervous about bears get some and carry it on your waste belt, no good carried in your pack if you were to need it. If I were in BC, Alaska or the Northern Cascades I would carry it. If I were to stay in any drive in camping areas were bears have been sited I would carry it (city dwellers attract bears with their messy camp sites). If I lived in the foot hills of the Cascades I would have it (i.e. North Bend). I hunt and hike the Olympic Peninsula, I am comfortable not carrying it and sleeping under a tarp.
Remember, all scented item go into the food canister.
Post by: Kowsrule30 on August 01, 2011, 03:31:07 PM
what about bear spray? could you spray around your camp as a sort of barrier to keep things away? like one of those candles that keeps mosquitoes at bay?
would bear spray last long enough?
Piss would be better. If you are totally freaked out by bears, keep in mind they absolutely do not like people. I have seen a bunch an many up close, all of them, aside from park bears, have run from me like I was the devil himself. Just don't leave food laying around your camp....you will be fine.
Totally agree that piss works..... Dad had an elk down and it was getting dark.... We gutted it and skinned what we could..... Pissed a circle around the elk and left my lucky hat on it's leg..... Came back first thing in the am.... A bear took the gut pile and ate it ten feet from the elk..... Didn't touch the elk or enter the ring of piss...
Post by: boneaddict on August 01, 2011, 03:41:21 PM
Post by: kalamasasquatch on August 01, 2011, 04:41:24 PM
Post by: actionshooter on August 01, 2011, 04:57:41 PM
I repeat.....I think I have a different definition of bivy camping than the rest of you.
Are you talking about this kind of Bivy, or do I still have too much stuff. ;)
Post by: rosscrazyelk on August 01, 2011, 06:02:54 PM
Post by: kalamasasquatch on August 01, 2011, 06:14:03 PM
I repeat.....I think I have a different definition of bivy camping than the rest of you.
Are you talking about this kind of Bivy, or do I still have too much stuff. ;)
your getting close. i dont do the tarp thing tho.
I have never had problems with bears. Only mice like Bone said, Until this weekend.. Had a bear come in and take my Mre out of camp about 2 am.. I am gonna hang it for now on. I was up off the PCT At basin lake
see just when i think i have this thing figured out then i hear this.....
Post by: boneaddict on August 01, 2011, 06:17:32 PM
Post by: high country on August 02, 2011, 12:26:02 PM
I repeat.....I think I have a different definition of bivy camping than the rest of you.
I am sure of it. I take a megalight at a 2lb penalty. you take 43lbs of lenses.
Post by: pianoman9701 on August 02, 2011, 03:51:33 PM
I repeat.....I think I have a different definition of bivy camping than the rest of you.
Are you talking about this kind of Bivy, or do I still have too much stuff. ;)
I thought you said bivy camping, not a vacation at a resort! :chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle:
Post by: boneaddict on August 02, 2011, 06:34:15 PM
Post by: Snapshot on August 02, 2011, 07:04:16 PM
I repeat.....I think I have a different definition of bivy camping than the rest of you.
I am sure of it. I take a megalight at a 2lb penalty. you take 43lbs of lenses.
That's funny!
Post by: actionshooter on August 02, 2011, 07:30:20 PM
Close actionshooter, and looks like Kalama and I are on the same page.
Ouch! tough crowd, let me know what I have to do to join the club. :chuckle:
Post by: bradslam on August 04, 2011, 10:08:26 AM
Post by: pianoman9701 on August 04, 2011, 11:32:43 AM
Close actionshooter, and looks like Kalama and I are on the same page.
Ouch! tough crowd, let me know what I have to do to join the club. :chuckle:
You're in! :chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle: