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What I do when I'm hiking in Bear country is to follow these 3 rules to survival......
1. Always be the middleman - hike in the middle of the pack, camp in between your buddies, never be the 1st or last guy to crap, etc. 2. Bring the bacon - Put a little bacon in your partners pack when he's not looking, that way if a bear does come you won't be the first guy he's looking for.
3. Invite a Fattie - remember you don't have to outrun the Bear, you just have to outrun your fat friend. It's best to season your friend up a little with some pepper spray while you're running past though, just to be safe....
Happy Hiking
P.S. I am looking for a new hiking partner if anyone is interested.....
Posted: Mar 18, 2010 IdahoSnowFish

Get a reality check. If you don't want to visit the bears, don't go to their home. If you are visiting their home, remember they did not invite you...
Posted: Mar 16, 2010 Old Scout72

Best bear help I've found is at North American Bear Center website: http://www.bear.org/website/
Posted: Mar 08, 2010 Gary

An experienced A.T. Thru-Hiker wrote back to me about bear concerns--he assured me not to worry about them at all and to enjoy the other 99.9999% of the experience; he sounded knowledgeable and experienced. But if I ever to hit the trail, I'll probably at least carry a repellant and a USMC fighting knife, perhaps more for psychological confidence than real need.
Posted: Mar 03, 2010 Hike-Dreamer

tru, im confused also. do i run do i cry? How do i avoid getting chased once i'm away and what is their following perimetre?
Posted: Feb 26, 2010 Anonymous

I know what repels a bear, a bush gun. I dont care what anyone says. when I am in bear country I have a big gun. I would rather break the law than be eaten. I am not even that pro gun, just pro "not getting eaten."
same goes for rattle snake country. It is naive to think you can back pack alone in the wilderness and not need a gun eventually. I have needed a gun before, there was no avoiding it. I got cornered by a rattle snake in a low canyon in west texas.
Posted: Feb 26, 2010 jo

For those missing the point, don't attract a bear, and don't resort to hokey measure to try and scare them off. If you follow bear country guidelines, you should be safe, assuming you have some common sense.
Posted: Feb 16, 2010 Pete J.

I heard that pepper spray has a very short spray field and hornet or wasp spray shoots twice as far. Can this be used as a deterent for a charging bear?
Posted: Feb 09, 2010 Brenda F.

I think it's funny - and from what I know about bears, absolutely true! If you can't deal with the bears, stay in the house.
Posted: Feb 02, 2010 Anonymous

uhhh therefore bears are attracted to everything... and they are repelled by almost nothing.. awesome.
Posted: Jan 31, 2010 confused

USELESS
Posted: Jan 25, 2010 boulder12345

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