Elaine Harmon wrote: > > Hi- aren't there bear repellents one could put on the outside of food > bags, etc? I guess there must not be, but why not - bears too smart? e > They are VERY bright, and have good "smellers". I heard that wearing a big cowboy hat and maybe a big belt buckle would help prevent bear attacks. During the building of the Alaskan pipe line there were lots of Texans up there. Word has it that the bears quickly learned to leave them alone. Seems that once they roared and scared the crap out of them, then jumping on them knocked the air out of them..., well, there just wasn't much left to eat! Sorry, couldn't resist. <G> James, in ENM *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Aug 17 1999 - 12:54:52 PDT
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