Bears and garbage
Hi all We are taking our first trip to northern Canada and Alaska this year. We plan on doing some boondocking, not sure how much but we want to be prepared. I’ve seen and thought of several differen...
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ppine, what do YOU do with your garbage when you are boondocking for several days in bear country? I'm open to suggestions -- I'm the guy in the photo!
A quick Google search shows that this is the preferred method when you absolutely have to have a place for garbage:
"Suspend food and garbage in duffel bags, stuff sacks, or sealed plastic bags at least 12-15 feet (3.6 - 4.5 meters) above the ground and at least 8 feet (2.4 meters) from the tree trunk. The bags should hang from a point where the tree can still support them but bear cubs and other critters will have difficulty reaching them. Make sure the bags cannot be reached from the ground, either."
So I am not the only fool who sets out bear bait, I guess. (This was published by Princeton University. You know how fierce the bears are in New Jersey, of course.)
But seriously. What to do? Maybe tote along a bearproof steel drum?
Obviously, when we are driving from our boondocking site back to civilization, we bring the garbage with us. But that is something that happens every few days, not every day.
A quick Google search shows that this is the preferred method when you absolutely have to have a place for garbage:
"Suspend food and garbage in duffel bags, stuff sacks, or sealed plastic bags at least 12-15 feet (3.6 - 4.5 meters) above the ground and at least 8 feet (2.4 meters) from the tree trunk. The bags should hang from a point where the tree can still support them but bear cubs and other critters will have difficulty reaching them. Make sure the bags cannot be reached from the ground, either."
So I am not the only fool who sets out bear bait, I guess. (This was published by Princeton University. You know how fierce the bears are in New Jersey, of course.)
But seriously. What to do? Maybe tote along a bearproof steel drum?
Obviously, when we are driving from our boondocking site back to civilization, we bring the garbage with us. But that is something that happens every few days, not every day.
