I'll chip in here as another Alaskan who lives and paddles in the heart of brown and black bear territory. We keep our food in dry bags in the kayak at night. We've never had any problems with bears, although they've definitely paid us some nocturnal (yes, your heart can come all the way up your throat!) visits. We're very careful about handling food and disposing of scraps and handling containers and packaging just like the other foodstuffs. Our bears here in SE Alaska tend not to be "smart" (habituated to people) unless they live in town and forage through the garbage cans! I think that if I paddled or camped in areas with more people (and thus more ursine habituation to our bad habits) that I'd opt to use a bear canister. Dave Seng Juneau, Alaska *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu May 30 2002 - 20:24:23 PDT
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