From NEC on the dry bags, quote:
these dry bags do not provide submersible waterproof protection or impact protection.
Life is too short and time goes too fast. Hunt, hunt, and hunt....
Its going to be cold with those dates. Meat spoilage will not be an issue what so ever, you will have negative temps. I wouldent sink the meat either. Grizzly's are just part of the deal hunting up there. Keep your meat close enough you can keep a good eye on it, and just hope no grizzly comes around, but be prepared to have to deal with one. Bring the electric fence.
Industrial food grade bin/drum liners for 45g drum on Amazon work. Last year in September we had most nights below zero and no days above 10 degrees. G-bears were mostly well above tree line, although we did see some fresh sign at lower elevations. No need to sink meat.
Flys will be as much a problem as the air temps
Using the plastic bags is good but you are best to tend to them, not just wrap and wait.
Its good to get the meat out to airdry somewhat, at night works, just to keep the slime reduced
also allows to dump out any blood that pools in the bags, rinse clean and repack for the next day
We like to use pillow cases for the meat chunks, they can be hung to cool and drain, then back into the bags
far easier to put a handle on that way too
Last edited by high horse Hal; 01-28-2025 at 10:13 AM.
Glad to say I have hunted Northern BC
Simon Fraser had pretty good judgement on what he found in BC
Use canvas game bags, clean the meat carefully, then spray with vinegar or citric acid solution, then bag and hang. It will form a hard crust and be ice cold. A lot of overthinking in this thread.
I do a lot of fly ins and have a lot of experience in Grizz country. They generally don't mess with your base camp if thats where you are staying. Your scent from living there is usually enough to keep them at bay. Don't sweat them too much, hang your meat close but not too close, piss and #2 around the meat pole. The most issues I see with G bears is when you hang the meat too far away for "safety" or when your backpacking in pop up tents and you aren't sleeping in the same spot twice. I wouldn't have my meat hanging more than 50y from my camp. All these wild ideas about sinking your meat or using dry bags just sounds like a huge pain in the ass. Wild advice IMO lol. Just game bag it and hang it. You don't need to spray it with anything, flys most likely won't be an issue either. Focus on hunting and harvesting, enjoy your time, don't over complicate a hypothetical that most likely won't be an issue. Think of all the hunters out there, we don't hear of losing many animals. Make sure you hang it high enough that birds and smaller critters can't reach it from the ground but don't try to hang it 20' up, its going overboard unnecessarily.
All that being said, a hungry bear will do bear things though. Maybe invest in a pack alarm. 6-26 isn't too terrible for bears, I wouldn't be sweating that so much. Everyone always has this notion that G bears are a huge problem, but I find them to be a bigger issue more to the south than in the area youre headed. You're meat won't spoil, just hang it and fly it out when you go.
I'd be more worried about scaring the moose away if the lake isn't real big. Try to make all your noise on day 1, cut/chop all your firewood, do all the chores, keep your voices down and pay attention to the prevailing winds with where you setup camp. 10 days in 1 spot you will usually scent the place up and find that it goes quiet with no new animals coming through if your camp is loud at night with all the camaraderie. Call in the middle of the night when you get up to take a leak, you might find a moose standing there come dawn.
Feel free to PM me if you want to chat, I know the area and most of the lakes as well as the outfitters and where they are based usually
Last edited by Darksith; 01-29-2025 at 10:05 AM.
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I always hang my meat within 25 yards of my tent. Tent door is always facing the meat pole. The pole is always is the shady parts of the tree clumps. I don't lose meat to weather or bugs. The first day is the most important day for the meat. Build a low saw horse pole for the meat for the first day. Have one of those pop up mosquito tents and set it up over top of the saw horse contraption. This will keep flies out while the meat crusts up. Once it's crusted, then you can hang meat high and flies cant wreck it. I'll see if I can find a similar pic for you.
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