[at-l] Prepackaged foods and bears

[Gary Ticknor]

I hang my food in bear country - foil wrapped or not. Some bears have 
come to associate the smell of humans with food, and will investigate. I 
have also had run-ins with raccoons. Hanging food does not take that 
long. You will sleep better ;)

- Greenbriar

Paul Young wrote:
> I am planning a trip through GSMNP or Shenandoah around the end of
> September, and I need advice on food and bear bags.  I am planning on
> using commercially packaged dehydrated food like Mountain House.  We
> will also carry cereal bars like South Beach or Special K in the foil
> wrapper?  Will it be necessary to hang the unopened ones since they are
> sealed at the factory? Now I expect that all waste would be kept in a
> bear bag since they have already been opened.  Right now the only
> critters I have had to ward off have been the raccoons.  Any ideas or
> suggestions?
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