[Tazz]

still want to hang your food just imagine that being your food sack some where in Canada

[jenjen]

My aunt and uncle got to watch a bear do that with their food bag in Yosemite years ago. Reportedly, it was a long and hungry 2 day walk out.

[Stuart]

I didnt know bears would hunt birds. I guess if your hungry enough...

[pianodirt]

Maybe it's the lighting, but those look like doctored pics to me...

[Tazz]

I don't think it is doctored. Bears are good climbers. They also love bird seed.

[Allison]

[Tazz]

I think it is an adolescent cub maybe 75 pounds. The yellow cord is pretty strong. and who know if there isn't more pics of the bear falling on his butt after the cord breaks. I still believe it

[Scrooge]

That ought to stop the complaints about my sashcord bear line and how it's hard to hold on to and pull up.

[polarbear]

Funny pictures. I think they are real.

[Blue Dome]

Funny pics. I think they’re real, too. On the last pic, the shadow on the upside-down bear’s snout is just right. I’ve wondered if having an Ursack is worth it. Of course, they’re “bear resistant” — it would take a while before a bear would tire of trying to tear into it, or if possible he’d just carry it away. That they now make double-thickness Ursacks and they include an odor barrier is telling. From the Ursack Web site: http://www.ursack.com/home.htm

[wildernessed]

In most instances my concern is rodents of all varieties, I generally use a waterproof airtight dry bag like OR advanced Hydroseal or of late Sea to Summit lightweight drybags. In known bear active areas I use a Garcia Bear canister. A trick to inhibit rodents from accessing hung food is to place a half cut plastic coffee lid about a foot or two above the bag with a knot right below. The rodent can't see the bag and can't reach safely around the obstructing lid so gives up (if your lucky).

[Allison]

I've heard a lot about tricks like the one described above, wondering if anyone has ever has a problem with a rodent climbing down the string and getting into the food. I know it's possible, wondering if it ever actually happens.

[Kristalox]

These pics are so great!

[wildernessed]

Yeah, we had a tenacious raccoon that ripped through our food bag as it was hung while in Maine, I remember throwing huge rocks and scoring direct hits on the thing a couple times before I finally knocked it off the rope. The disc prevents the rodent / varmit from seeing below and it's ability to get a handhold below the disc. As for Ursack and I am talking as one who has used bags in the past, far less capable as ursack. The animal if your talking bear may not get to the ingredients but still can crush and mangle the contents and also the bear can carry away the ursack if he gets it. The shape of the canister is designed to prevent a firm hold on the canister or it's collapse, or the disruption of it's contents. P.S. I use bags all the time except in areas where there is noted and expected bear activity, then I take the canister.

[ActionBetty]

I was checking out some of those bear canisters at REI.. Holy crap.. the light blue lexan one I could fit my gear and my food in...who needs a pack..