The frivolity of hanging food bags
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I think I'll just sleep with my food.
Sounds like a good idea
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"That's the thing about possum innards - they's just as good the second day." - Jed Clampett
I wonder if the next photo of that bear shows it with a snout and two lil eyes looking out from inside the little red house?
All righty then. We cut to the chase on that ever rehashed debate in record time. This thread should be closed now.
Last edited by BirdBrain; 04-07-2015 at 17:51.
In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years. - Abraham Lincoln
Man they gave that tent one hell of a wedgie.Originally Posted by 4eyedbuzzard
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scary...not really.
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....maybe in Alaska...plus thats probably a staged picture by the hang your food bag movement...
Very few bears/tent incidents ( Are reported ?!?! )
Very possibly staged, but no more so than a bear hanging from a rope.
"That's the thing about possum innards - they's just as good the second day." - Jed Clampett
I have done both, and stayed in shelters which to me is 10x more risky, mice!
Hanging is a nice skill to perfect, fun to do, occasionally frustrating......typically have time at the end of the day
That said, more often than not I wind up at the end of the day completely exhausted, hungry, tired..........pitch my tent, get setup, eat. After that, I figure that if a bear or a critter wants my food we will work it out
Worst case, they take it all and I lose a few needed pounds with just water until I find a few pizzas
I used a bear box on the trail in NJ. Somehow the mice got in and ate through the food bag and the food anyway. On one occasion when I hung the food it was full of ants the next morning. Very tempted to just keep it in the tent!
Simple is good.
Looks real to me. Remember how people doubted this griz behavior before they got it on video?
https://www.youtube.com/embed/eryxAcsTcOA?rel=0
Folks who hang their food make a good diversion for those of use who sleep with their food, kinda like a bucket of chit at a Polish wedding.
Lazy people are easily amused. Glad to help.
In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years. - Abraham Lincoln
Two things bother me about bear bag hangs. People providing easy food to critters because they don't know how to do it and all the broken string tangled in trees. Do it right guys or don't do it.
In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years. - Abraham Lincoln
it's not laziness, it's higher intelligence
It was tongue in cheek. I know you are not lazy.
In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years. - Abraham Lincoln
All the great inventions are the products of lazy people. Without lazy folks we would still be riding horses.
And opening beers with a churchkey.
Keeping a horse is work. Lazier to walk ... Which is what we do!
"It goes to show you never can tell." - Charles Edward Anderson Berry
I still haven't found a church that uses those keys...
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