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 Post subject: Bear seasoning
PostPosted: Sun Jun 05, 2011 1:12 pm 
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Several outdoorsy supply companies sell capsicum pepper spray as a "bear repellant". It's meant to be used the same way you use it on a human assailant; if you're attacked by a bear, spray it in his nose or eyes.

However, some campers who don't bother to read instructions figured that it could be used as a preventative repellent, and sprayed the pepper spray on tents, tables, bags, and gear to deter bears. Aside from any misadventures at the outhouse, this non-recommended usage backfires, because apparently:

Brown bears like spicy food.

http://explorenorth.com/library/misc/bl-pepper.htm

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 Post subject: Re: Bear seasoning
PostPosted: Sun Jun 05, 2011 7:24 pm 
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In Niagara Falls (Canada side) they sell "bear bells" to ummmmm, ward off bears....... :lol: :lol: :roll: :roll:

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 Post subject: Re: Bear seasoning
PostPosted: Mon Jun 06, 2011 8:08 am 
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The National Park Rangers are advising hikers in Glacier National Park and other Rocky Mountain parks to be alert for bears and take extra precautions to avoid an encounter.
They advise park visitors to wear little bells on their clothes so they make noise when hiking. The bell noise allows bears to hear them coming from a distance and not be startled by a hiker accidentally sneaking up on them. This might cause a bear to charge.
Visitors should also carry a pepper spray can just in case a bear is encountered. Spraying the pepper into the air will irritate the bear's sensitive nose and it will run away.
It is also a good idea to keep an eye out for fresh bear scat so you have an idea if bears are in the area. People should be able to recognize the difference between black bear and grizzly bear scat.
Black bear droppings are smaller and often contain berries, leaves, and possibly bits of fur. Grizzly bear droppings tend to contain small bells and smell of pepper.

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 Post subject: Re: Bear seasoning
PostPosted: Mon Jun 06, 2011 8:18 am 
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Da Bull Man wrote:
Black bear droppings are smaller and often contain berries, leaves, and possibly bits of fur. Grizzly bear droppings tend to contain small bells and smell of pepper.

:lol: :lol: :lol: Nearly spit out my coffee. Great way to start the day.
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 Post subject: Re: Bear seasoning
PostPosted: Mon Jun 06, 2011 11:05 am 
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Frank, I love that story.

We used to visit friends who lived on the Big Thompson right outside Estes Park, CO. They had a second floor porch that went from one side to the other of their home. One morning I slipped out with a cup of coffee and confroted three black bears. You've never seen an old lady move so fast!

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 Post subject: Re: Bear seasoning
PostPosted: Sat Jul 09, 2011 10:03 pm 
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They're coming back, here, in Podunk. But, we've been lucky enough to spot from respectable(and waaaay close) at Cades Cove in TN, if anyway ever vacations there. Go late afternoon, one day, iirc, we saw 11, one as close as 10 feet; black bears, I should have said. Magnificent.

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