To: Richnorth who wrote (89015 ) 8/21/2002 6:39:44 AM From: E. Charters Read Replies (1) | Respond to Bury (sh)it and a million flies will starve. Can you be that cruel? Cats do however, and that is so no animal will follow them back to their tree fort. If you are concerned about bears, and if it is the spring, you should be, then it may be a good idea. Additionally, especially if it is a wet day (scents trails are magnified then), tuck your pants into your boots so the scent of your body does not pump out onto the ground. When you eat, toss the decomposables in a random way all around you. The if bears find it they will wander in a circle, never connecting the fragments with a trail. If you double back on your trail occasionally it will throw bears off your trail, as they do stalk humans and other movies stars. In order not to scare animals if you are sneaking up on them, talk in low tones but do not whisper. Man is the only animal that whispers and it is a strange sound to animals. A transistor radio will scare a bear or moose but the human voice often will not unless the tone is commanding, clear and confident. Scaring a bear often works, as in producing a loud sudden sound, as in chopping a tree, but it is not 100% guaranteed. Neither is climbing a tree, but it is preferred to say, fighting the animal with a penknife. Pepper spray will not always work either as bears will eat honey bee hives blithely enduring bee stings. Standing stock still has been observed to work, as bears are often not more curious when they approach. What else has been seen to work is backing away slowly, and constantly from the bears territitory. If it is a female, it will try to get between you and wherever its cubs are, which could be up to 1/4 mile away.
