This PCT method of bear bagging.. well, I've tried it. I'm 5'2", a girl, and frankly, can't throw so save my life. I tried the rock in bandana method.. it punched holes in my bandana when it landed on the ground
I also hit myself with the rock more than once when it swings down or misses the branch and falls. I've heard about trying a 2/3 full soda bottle with water in it- havent tried it. Dont get me started on getting it tangled and yanking it until it catapults onto another branch. Also, I've had trouble finding decent trees with thick branches that I can throw over and have it far enough from the actual tree- they're all really high up. I just can't throw high enough. I'm sure if people watched me try to hang my food they would die laughing, that's if they didnt die from being hit with my poorly thrown rock. Plus it's hard for me to pull the bag up, it's like 10 lbs maybe for 5 days of food over a rough branch that the rope gets stuck on, 15 ft up, and then trying to retrieve the end of rope with the PCT method involves me jumping like a maniac. I've practiced this process in my yard and just cannot get it down.
Long story, well, long, I got an Ursack. I plan on tying it to a tree, so it doesnt get dragged away, but I trust that, especially against mice and squirrels, more than I trust my throwing arm. I dont want to spend 3 hours in the dark trying to hang a bear bag and end up being medivacced for a head injury from my rock.