Multiple Bear Attacks in July 2017: How to Defend Yourself From Backcountry Grizzlies & Black Bears
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List of Attacks in July of 2017:
4 July 2017 - www.sltrib.com/news/5498972-15...
5 July 2017 - www.usnews.com/news/best-stat...
9 July 2017 - fox5sandiego.com/2017/07/09/be...
12 July 2017 - www.idahostatesman.com/outdoor...
Recent Deadly Attacks:
www.adn.com/alaska-news/2017/...
Bear Spray Fails in this Story:
craigmedred.news/2017/06/22/b...
After multiple bear attacks have occurred this month of July, 2017, it is more important than ever to understand bear safety in order to keep yourself and other campers or hikers safe when enjoying the outdoors and spending time in the BackCountry.
Being bear-aware means keeping your camp safe. This idea of creating a wall around your tent with dead timber is free and easy to do. Animals avoid going through brush, so this will deter a bear from smashing the tent down on top of you.
The "bear-a-cade" will also prevent bears from tearing through your tent. Many bear fatalities have occured when bears pulled people out of their tents by grabbing onto their sleeping bags.
If you are wrapped up tight in a sleeping bag and asleep, you will have very little chance of reacting to a night-time bear mauling. The wall of sticks and tree limbs will surely help alert you if a bear attempts to attack you in your tent.
Firearms and bear spray (mace pepper spray) are reccomended, but only if you take proper training and safety measures to use these tools. You don't want to endanger yourself more than you would without even carrying them as protection.
Bears are out their, and attacks do occur more often than you think. Don't get caught off gaurd by a grizzly or a black bear, stay safer and be bear-aware.
Creative Commons/Fair Use Image credits:
Grizzly Bear photo - Creative Commmons Grizzly Bear by NPS Photo / Ken Conger CC by 2.0
Geographical Range of Bears in North America - This map was compiled by superimposing three maps prepared by Karl Musser (American black bear - Creative Commons License), Simon Pierre Barrette (grizzly bear - GNU Free Document License), and Fabio B (polar bear - public domain).
Google map data © 2017 - Google Earth
Thank you to everyone for sharing your feedback. There are a couple points and alternatives we will cover in our upcomimg videos this year:
If you use a 38 save the last round for yourself.
Took my ex wife camping in bear country. Was alot cheeper than a divorce
Dont forget to bring an air horn. Extremely useful. You dont need to aim, and there is no range. Best chance is Air horn, Bear spray, gun trio.
People underestimate the use of string and tin cans or bells. Line them completely around your camp. Any large animal will make itself known coming through the barrier. It will allow you time to arm and prepare yourself. It even works on dumb criminals lol i have caught people and animals sneaking into my yard in the middle of the night thanks to bells on my fence.
I like the outdoors. Only last week I walked through a city park. Exhausted, I spent the night in a 5 star hotel. There were plants in the hallway and more in my room. I hung my summer sausage and cheese from the ceiling to discourage any predators. It was a surprisingly cool night, so I turned off the air conditioner. What an amazing feeling having to rely on my instincts to survive! I’ll be doing this again.
Always put up signs that say this is a bear free zone it should work great
Just give the Bear a big hug and say youre from Berekely and itll go away
I mainly camp in Wales, i once had a hedgehog in my tent , scarey stuff
Inner city 49 people shot , 7 killed. Your way safer in the woods but go armed any way.
NEVER keep your food in your tent!!! Best way to avoid a bear attack: stay in a hotel!
A better idea is to actually learn how to camp in bear country.
There is an old saying.
You do have some good tips, but the most important is to not give the bear a reason to be in your camp. You did speak of not eating in the tent, even camp, but your backpack and stove is right in front of your tent. Food smell enters fibers and held for a long time which was your point to the tent. The bowl/stove/backpack will also hold odors. Beyond food in your pack, you also have other smelling things like toothpaste, potentially candy, soap, deodorant, etc. All will attract a bear. Either way, the highest majorities of camping related encounters occur when food or garbage was present. Keeping a clean camp all but eliminates this. Keep them both away from camp and high in a tree. If you have a vehicle, they all should go inside. Cook away from camp. But if you are afraid of bears so much you resort to electric fences, or searching hours for a branch barricade, maybe you should choose another hobby, or educate yourself on bear behavior so you can better adapt, and equally as important lose the irrational fear of bears. The reality is this is beyond rare.
There are also motion detectors that trigger a 120db alarm that were shown to be effective at scaring bears off as well as alerting people that something is outside and which direction it is in.
Both of my adult children live and work on the north part of Yellowstone. Needless to say, they both carry bear spray on a daily basis.
It helps also to know what bear scat looks like. It has bells in it and smells like peppers.
I found, by accident, that laying tarps around your tent works to scare bears off, just like green horses, the noise scares them when they step on the tarp.
Sleep a fair distance from where you cook and eat. Hang all of your "smellables" away from where you sleep. Have nothing in your sleeping area but your sleeping gear. Use your head, don't provoke critters, and have a good time. I have 42 years of backcountry experience 0 (zero) bear issues.
I have never been attacked yet in my tank when camping. I usually set up a claymore perimeter