Absolutely not!

And that’s exactly why you don’t keep any food in your tent like the cooler he has in ther e

well he is the food today

So I’m assuming what he should have done is kept the food outside the tent somewhere else in a locked cooler or bin. So the bear doesn’t come to him physically if he notices food.

Tied to a rope and pulled up a tree branch away from your tent.

Or in something like the BearVault.

Bear bag every time. You only wake up to fight off the raccoons once, lesson well learned.

Little fuckers are there with pick kits from the lock picking lawyer

LPL mentioned, take my updoot

Gotcha. Thanks for the detailed responses.

There is a [weird push](https://andrewskurka.com/argument-against-hanging-bear-bag/) I’ve seen by some outdoor guides ***against*** using a hanging bear bag. “Reasons” include, throwing a rock over a branch is dangerous, trees don’t exist above tree line, and you probably suck at it. Yes, a single tree that allows you to hang 12’ off the ground and 5’ away from the tree can be a challenge at some sites …but you can almost certainly find TWO mediocre trees to create an acceptable span between that’s acceptable to suspend the food. Dude, if I can make fire from shit I can scrounge on the ground — I can hang a bag. It’s just a weird mentality. Use whatever method you want, but disqualifying hang bags altogether? No.

Yup far away from your campsite up a tree or in a bear proof box or if you are by a lake float it out in your canoe

I even recommend that you cook, eat, and brush your teeth in a different area. Anything with a scent (that isn’t your own) should be in something like a BearVault, which is also kept a good distance away from you at night.

Not sleeping in the middle of the forest would work best.

Also, he had a lot left in that scream. You wanna scare a bear away or some 4th graders?’

That’s the beer cooler!

It’s the bear cooler now

Doh! accidentally grabbed the bear cooler

Good! Now cool down, bear.

This is fake lol

Nope. Hang your food up in the air from a tree a little ways away from your camp ground. And always bring two firearms. Not one, two. Preferably a 12 gauge shotgun loaded for bear and a sidearm. It’s called the wilderness for a reason.

About 23 years ago my brother, dad, and I were camping. My dad was in the tent and my brother and I were in the van. Our dad said that in the night a bear came through the camp. The one thing he emphasizes was hearing the bear’s breathing. Hearing the breathing in this video reminded me of that and gave clarity to what it must have been like.

You can usually smell them before you hear them.

What do they smell like?

They smell like wet dogs with a pretty powerful skunky smell on males especially during mating season (Spring). The smell can be very strong to the point where you can smell where they live, but not always where they are currently at Brown bears smell stronger, the same sort of musk that foxes and weasels have, or just skunky. I’ve only been face to face with one wild brown bear at about 30 yards and I could smell it. Black bears aren’t as pungent but present, still wet dog-esque, I’ve been close enough to pet one once before, and I don’t think they stink at all personally. In fact I thought the bear’s breath didnt smell as bad as my dog’s, which surprised me

I live far enough out there’s lots of wildlife. Since I don’t react to them, they’ve become accustomed and ignore me as I walk past or work around them. The exception is the bears. They’re nocturnal and only come by when I’m in bed with lights out. They do shit in random spots. It’s distinctive black and tar-like due to their local diet. Not something I want to fool with.

I’d fool with bear shit

wait: does a bear shit in the woods?

Nah just that dudes yard.

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And if it’s a big animal, the brown/grizzly bear will literally lay on the carcass to sleep between feeding sessions. I witnessed this with a downed bison in Yellowstone NP several years ago.