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Boundary Waters Quetico Forum Winter Camping and Activities Do I need bear canister in winter? |
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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?
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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.
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12/07/2013 09:10PM
quote 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.
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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
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
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