Food and bears .. What's your strategy?

[RackStar]

Il usually slide the cooler closer to my buddy’s tent at night. Seems to work.

[srupp]

Hmm nothing ever in tent..no food..no coffee no brushing teeth..nada.
game animals hung 100 feet from tent
Food hung high between trees if possible in 2 separate caches..if one is hit. .50 % survives..
One spring in Kwatna guides brand new $1500 wall tent plus contents distorted by just Chocolat bars under a pillow..by 800 pound nightmare ..fortunately it was day time they were out checking for bears.
srupp

[fearnodeer]

I always vacuum pack all the meats I bring to help stop any smell from them, and yes leave the coolers away from were we sleep.

[madcalfe]

sheep/goat hunting i usually only hang my food 25-50 yards away in plain sight that my head lamp can light up and sleep with one in the tube. if we have a boned out goat that usually gets thrown in contractor bags and submerged in a lake/ creek if possible
elk hunting never really had a problem with bears yet with cooking at a fire close by and hanging elk quarters maybe 20 yards away but i also dont tent it for elk.
just clean up your garbage. use common sense and you should be fine.

[Big Lew]

When I used to do a lot of backpacking I always kept my cooking area away from my sleeping area
and hung anything resembling food up as high as I could. Same when bicycle touring up north, including
doing the Alaskan Hwy. Never had a problem. When hunting, never cook in or near my tent. As many
have said, they haven't had issues, but it only takes one time. I know of people that have had bears come
right inside their tent, and even a tent trailer while they were sleeping...places that they had both food stored
and had cooked inside. I will say though that those incidents were all near park campsites where it can be assumed
bears were familiar with human food and garbage and were not afraid of humans.