Sounds like they did things right…they had had food in their tents and removed it after the bear’s first visit, and in any case, they were camping practically in town.
But bears have lost their fear of humans and gotten a lot more aggressive (since in most places, you’re not allowed to shoot them anymore).
Yeah...no. I’ve spent a lot of time living in tents including in a place with lions and leopards. No food in the tent (Rule # F-ing 1) means no food ever. No candy wrappers, dish towels, empty beer cans, nothing that even remotely is food like. And taking the food out after the visit does absolutely nothing - they might have well smeared fish guts all over themselves.
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Sounds like they did things right…they had had food in their tents and removed it after the bear’s first visit,”
Nope. In bear country you never have food in the tent.
After the first visit you remove yourselves.
They didn't realize they were the food the bear had a hankering for.
They didn’t remove the food until AFTER the bears first visit. Stupid.
No, the food returned to the tents and went back to sleep.
The scent of the food was still in the tent.
Should have packed up and left, or at least start a campfire. Can always get some sleep the next night.
Sounds like they did things right…they had had food in their tents and removed it after the bear’s first visit, and in any case, they were camping practically in town.
Wrong. Food should have never been in the tent. All they did was remove the food but forgot to tell the bear.
If they didn’t have at least a .44 magnum with them, they weren’t doing it right.
No, in grizzly country, no food EVER in tents, not for any reason or length of time. I mean never.