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Boundary Waters Quetico Forum Winter Camping and Activities Do I need bear canister in winter? Reply |
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Captn Tony |
12/14/2013 06:11AM Sorry! When you wake a topornating they are grumpy and hungry!! |
Turnpike |
12/13/2013 09:16AM Gray Jays (Canada Jay or Whiskey Jack) are the issue. They are fearless. |
Canoearoo |
12/10/2013 09:29PM Bears don't hibernate they torpor- which means on a warm day in Feb they could wake up. But I never bring a canister when camping mid winter. But you do need a way to keep mice out of your food. I was on a trip with teens who didn't think it was important to keep their gorp off the ground. Needless to day a mouse got into their bag and hate half of it |
Captn Tony |
12/08/2013 06:47PM In Minnesota you might need it if crawl into their din and wake them up! When you wake up a hibernating bear they're really grumpy. |
SevenofNine |
12/07/2013 09:10PMquote jwartman59: "bears are hibernating in minnesota. they aren't an issue. the biggest pests are canadian jays." I tend to agree, Canadian Jays will take anything small that appears to be food. I had one take a hotel size bar of soap. Hope he enjoyed his lunch. |
jwartman59 |
12/07/2013 08:28PM bears are hibernating in minnesota. they aren't an issue. the biggest pests are canadian jays. |
PortageKeeper |
12/06/2013 06:04PM It might depend on where you go, but I have never used one. As a matter of fact, once we just left our food sprawled out on the snow, including two polish in a fry pan. Wolves were around but no takers. This was in February. |
OBX2Kayak |
12/06/2013 05:33PM I remember a thread on this topic a while back. Here's Backpacker Magazine's response to the question: Bear canister in winter? |