Re: Bears and alcohol fuel.
Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2013 10:42 am
Doyle's right. Young bears especially -- but not always limited to them -- will just chew into stuff to see if there's food involved. So i doubt it's the alcohol on those rare times they puncture a container. I've seen them puncture insect spray, toothpaste, etc. Being brighter than the average person, they only do it once in their careers. Which is also to say I'm not one of those rangers who advises people to stuff everything with an odor into a canister. If there's room, sure, but otherwise toothpaste and insect spray can stay out on a log. Bears aren't dumb.
They're definitely still around and probably in close to the same numbers they've always been, but the canisters have been incredibly successful, so bears no longer seek out people's camps as their primary food source. They still occasionally check out camps but almost in the same way they check out manzanita bushes and, if there's food involved, keep coming back to both.
They're definitely still around and probably in close to the same numbers they've always been, but the canisters have been incredibly successful, so bears no longer seek out people's camps as their primary food source. They still occasionally check out camps but almost in the same way they check out manzanita bushes and, if there's food involved, keep coming back to both.