Problems with bears and cougars....
Has anyone had any run ins with cougars and/or bears when boondocking? Have you even seen any come near your RV or campsite?
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We see bear sign almost every trip -- scat, tracks, etc, adjacent to our campsite. See bear in the woods several times per year. Only once has a bear come close (50 yards) to our boondocking campsite. The dogs started barking and it scampered away.
Mountain lions are more rare. I do not recall seeing cat tracks around any of our campsites. That could be because cats prefer more rugged terrain with a vertical component while boondocking is primarily on flatter land, i.e. cats generally do not like the type of terrain suitable for boondocking.
Once, in the early morning, I found very fresh bear scat (still steaming in the morning cool) only a few dozen yards from where we were boondocking. The ground was hard and saw no discernible tracks leading away.
Mountain lions are more rare. I do not recall seeing cat tracks around any of our campsites. That could be because cats prefer more rugged terrain with a vertical component while boondocking is primarily on flatter land, i.e. cats generally do not like the type of terrain suitable for boondocking.
Once, in the early morning, I found very fresh bear scat (still steaming in the morning cool) only a few dozen yards from where we were boondocking. The ground was hard and saw no discernible tracks leading away.
