Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2005 12:52:37 -0700
Reply-To: Tom Sinclair <neeemo@YAHOO.COM>
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From: Tom Sinclair <neeemo@YAHOO.COM>
Subject: Re: Black Bears vs Westy Canvas?
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And we all know there is nothing in the world more
helpless and irresponsible and depraved than a bear in
the depths of an ether binge.
Sed8d
Tom
--- John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET> wrote:
> My experience - in the Great Smokies while
> backpacking and also in
> Alaska in lots of places - if the bear wants it, let
> him/her have it.
> Nothing is worth trying to argue over where a bear
> is concerned. -
> Blacks or Griz.
>
> The only bear deterrent I every heard of working was
> when a fishing
> guide in Yakutat, Alaska had had enough from the
> bears messing up his
> camp, wrapped bacon around a can of starting ether,
> tied it in place and
> threw it the can at the next bear that began to tear
> up camp. Bear bit
> the can, the either erupted into his mouthe and
> face, and he lost
> interest in a hurry. Don't know if the story was
> true or not, but there
> is no doubt that the bear would have a distraction
> from his business at
> hand.
>
> Regards,
>
> John Rodgers
> 88 GL Driver
>
>
>
> Michael Elliott wrote:
>
> > I'm heading up to the San Gabriel mountains next
> week (near Los
> > Angeles). The nice ranger man cautioned me about
> bears and food, the
> > usual warnings. The bears in those parts are black
> bears ("All SGM black
> > bears have descended from 11 black bears that were
> /introduced/ in the
> > SGM in 1933, after grizzly bears were exterminated
> in the SGM in about
> > 1900").
> >
> > I have camped a lot in bear country, and know how
> wily, fearless,
> > clever, and determined those critters can be.
> >
> > No, packing a firearm and blowing them away is
> simply not considered
> > good form in these parts. What one is meant to do
> is avoid bringing
> > strongly smelling foods and toiletries, and keep
> things in the trunk of
> > the car . . . then hope for the best, as the
> crafty black bear is
> > perfectly capable of popping a windshield out and
> carving an opening
> > through the rear seat into the trunk.
> >
> > The nice ranger agreed that keeping food in the
> Westy at night where I
> > am sleeping should work fine. Bears do avoid
> confrontations, being smart
> > guys and hoping to just get by without too much
> trouble. But during the
> > day . . . away from the Westy . . . maybe on a
> hike or bike ride, Mr.
> > Ranger didn't know whether bears climb up on
> Vanagons and brush the
> > annoying canvas out of the way or not.
> >
> > So I'd like to hear your black bear vs Westy
> tales. Not brown bears or
> > their larger cousins, grizzlies. Those are
> different critters,
> > temperamentally.
> >
> > --
> >
> > Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
> > 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
> > 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical
> Banana")
> > Carlsbad, CA
> > KG6RCR
> >
> >
>
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