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I would recommend a tear-drop fishing sinker attached to a neon orange paracord. You can find a thin cord at Gossamer Gear that is ideal for this situation. Attach sinker, select branch and toss over, attach a light-weight dry bag and hoist!~M
Posted: Dec 20, 2011 M Yarman

how to hang a bear bag. Copy and paste link.
http://video.google.com/videosearch?hl=en&q=Setting+up+your+bear+bag&oe=UTF-8&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wv&ei=9ECxSYbaJYSaMrbiveYE&oi=property_suggestions&resnum=0&ct=property-revision&cd=1#q=hanging+your+bear+bag&hl=en&emb=0
Posted: Mar 06, 2009 Jeremy S

I would use a different sack than your sleeping bag sack. You don't want the bear mistaking your sleeping bag in the tent for your food sack, especially when you might be in it. I use the same exact method you mentioned, but bring a separate stuff sack specifically for this purpose. The extra sack weighs only weights about an ounce or so. Plus, keeping the food (also always in zip-locks) within the extra sack at all times helps organize your pack.
Posted: May 19, 2008 Fellow Camper

What I do is, take a small nylon stuff sack (for the rock), 40 feet of dark green parachute cord, and a carabeiner camping with me (I put the rope & carabeiner in the stuff sack), then, when it's time for my food to go up the tree, I use my SLEEPING BAG stuff sack to hold my food!
Posted: Apr 27, 2008 Chip

I use the small, nylon bag that holds my camp stove. Put a rock in it and attach the line.
Posted: Apr 20, 2008 W

The only problem with the beanbag is you are now carrying a quarter to a half pound extra, depending on the size of the beanbag. It does work well. If you find a fist sized stone that is somewhat oval or rectangular and use a clove hitch it works as well. The other solution is to carry a small mesh bag that attaches to a rope easily that you can fill with a couple smaller stones.
Posted: Apr 16, 2008 Jones

its really simple you want to hang a bag with your food or food soiled bags/pots pans higher than a bear can reach and far enough away from a tree so that he/she cant use it to climb up and reach the bag. think like a bear.... and if thats to hard for you, you may want to rethink the camping thing
Posted: Apr 12, 2008 bob

if you can, stop into your local outdoor power equipment supply store (not home depot / lowes - they wont have it). what you're looking for is a treeclimbers / linemans beanbag. its a small shot filled beanbag with a d-ring attached to it, and is used by arborists to pass lines around treebranches. simply tie your rope onto the bag, toss is up and over your intended branch, then untie the bag and attach your line to the bear bag, and hoist it up to safety. takes all of the frustration out of the task.
Posted: Apr 06, 2008 tom k

A video demonstration of this would be awesome! I'm a newbie having a hard time picturing this.
Posted: Apr 05, 2008 B Raymond

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