[pct-l] Food Bags --bears

Sun Mar 27 01:01:23 CDT 2011

Sry paul didn't mean any disrespect im sure all the info is accurate as all
your post are just sounded funny to me I meant no direspect and when I said
my 12 year old self I really meant my adolescent self.
All in good fun.
Gerry0625
On Mar 26, 2011 7:41 PM, <dnielsen at djmurphycompany.com> wrote:
> Paul - that was a good post, but honestly had never heard that before.
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> From: Paul Robison [mailto:paulrobisonhome at yahoo.com]
> Sent: Saturday, March 26, 2011 3:06 PM
> To: Peter Shaw; dnielsen at djmurphycompany.com; Gerry Zamora; CHUCK CHELIN
> Cc: pct-l at backcountry.net
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Food Bags --bears
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> i'm so glad i took time to make a serious post about bear behaviors and
WHEN
> and WHY they are dangerous,
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> only to get a bunch of "butt plug heh heh " responses.
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> BTW, if sierra bears don't hibernate, they make have not adapted this
> behavior like sub-arctic bears have.
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> ~Paul
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> From: Peter Shaw <pshaw999 at cox.net>
> To: dnielsen at djmurphycompany.com; Gerry Zamora <gerry0625 at gmail.com>;
CHUCK
> CHELIN <steeleye at wildblue.net>
> Cc: pct-l at backcountry.net
> Sent: Sat, March 26, 2011 6:01:27 PM
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Food Bags --bears
>
> It's not April 1st already is it?
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net [mailto:pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net]
> On Behalf Of dnielsen at djmurphycompany.com
> Sent: Saturday, March 26, 2011 2:40 PM
> To: 'Gerry Zamora'; 'CHUCK CHELIN'
> Cc: pct-l at backcountry.net
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Food Bags --bears
>
> I did not know that there was a bear butt plug.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net [mailto:pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net]
> On Behalf Of Gerry Zamora
> Sent: Saturday, March 26, 2011 8:54 AM
> To: CHUCK CHELIN
> Cc: pct-l at backcountry.net
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Food Bags --bears
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> So does any one carry a but plug for the bears? :0/
> Sorry first time I heard this explanation and the 12 year old came out in
> me... I would hate to be the vet trying to replace that plug.... the
> things we do to hike with nature.
> Gerry0625
> On Mar 26, 2011 6:23 AM, "CHUCK CHELIN" <steeleye at wildblue.net> wrote:
>> Good morning, Paul,
>>
>>
>>
>> I don't think most of the Sierra bears hibernate in PCT areas, if at all.
> My
>> understanding is they sort of migrate up-country in the spring and early
>> summer following the snowline.
>>
>>
>> There are usually two good wildlife experts at the Kick-Off with
>> presentations: In past years one has been a cougar expert from Univ.
>> Cal.-Davis, and the other is either a Forest Service or National Park
>> employee - I don't remember which - who is a bear expert. That bear-lady
> is
>> the one to ask if you attend the Kick-Off.
>>
>> Steel-Eye
>>
>> Hiking the Pct since before it was the PCT - 1965
>>
>> http://www.trailjournals.com/steel-eye
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>> http://www.trailjournals.com/SteelEye09
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>>
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>>>
>>> > Steel-Eye
>>> >
>>> > Hiking the Pct since before it was the PCT - 1965
>>> >
>>> > http://www.trailjournals.com/steel-eye
>>> > http://www.trailjournals.com/SteelEye09
>>> >
>>> > On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 3:06 PM, Gerry Zamora <gerry0625 at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> >
>>> >> So if not in a area with bears is it relatively safe to just leave
> your
>>> >> food in your pack and leave your pack in your tent? Sounds like a few
>>> >> people use this method with out any issues while out of bear country
> of
>>> >> course.
>>> >> Gerry0625
>>> >> On Mar 25, 2011 1:50 PM, "Ate Tuna" <atetuna at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> >>> I have had a mouse not only try to get into my food in that exact
>>> >> situation,
>>> >>> but had it succeed even though I shooed it away multiple times
during
>>> the
>>> >>> night...and I thought the rain and high winds that night would
surely
>>> >> blow
>>> >>> that critter off the side of the mountain. I was wrong.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Now I use a regular Ursack all the time. An Ursack was good enough
to
>>> >>> protect my food when I left it on Apache Peak when I left the trail
> for
>>> a
>>> >>> week to attend kickoff. I haven't use an Opsak, but I agree with
> those
>>> >> that
>>> >>> think I should.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 8:02 AM, CHUCK CHELIN <steeleye at wildblue.net
>
>>> >> wrote:
>>> >>>
>>> >>>> I've never had lil' critters try to get into my food when it's
lying
>>> on
>>> >> the
>>> >>>> ground at the head of my bed -- and that's while sleeping under the
>>> >> stars.
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 9:29 PM, <dnielsen at djmurphycompany.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>>> Just curious what people are using for food bags to keep the
> critters
>>> >>>> out,
>>> >>>>> other than at bear vault areas. Ursack, wire mesh bag, just hang
it
>>> >> etc.
>>> >>>>> ???
>>> >>>>>
>>> >>>>>
>>> >>>>>
>>> >>>>>
>>> >>>>>
>>> >>>>>
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