Re: Tenting in Grizzly territory
Originally Posted by
twoSevenO
reviving this thread as one can never have too many bear safety tips ..... Question: Has anyone come up with a lightweight home-made "tent fence" worth packing into the mountains? I'd love to hear whether it has worked, whether it's easily triggered by wind, weight etc.
Up on the Prophet river We used to run a thin rope 12 inchs off the ground around our cabin wall tent and tie beer cans to it every foot or so and put rocks in them,early warning system and once that rope was tripped up youd hear it,pretty much wind proof but not trip proof.We had many bear around the tent at night over the yrs with one that pushed his nose up tight to the canvas and bit into it and my blanket right next to where I was sleeping.
We still do this every yr out when using the wall tent
takla
If it don't have a throttle,tits or a trigger I'm pretty much uninterested
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