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    Posted: 23 Dec 2015 at 7:59pm
Originally posted by hogone

i have heard the bears love 178's.  hogone

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i have heard the bears love 178's.  hogone
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Welcome and you will love the 178.  We purchased one in October and took it to Utah for a week....we love it!  We really like the dinette in the front, personal preference of course, but it worked reall well!
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ill never forget the time (just one of many) i lead a group of teenagers on a trip in the boundary waters.  as one knows, the biffy is back in the woods away from camp.  well one of the campers came running full steam back to camp with there pants down screaming "theirs a bear back there".  i responded "ya right".  well next thing you know the bear came bumbling down the trail into camp!!  he/she was a nice bear though!!  it was not uncommon on my many miles of hiking to stumble upon bears.  my pal (journey, a minnesota siberian husky)would take off at them.  usually about 2-4 hours later; and me continuing on my hike, journey was at my side(granted wore out!).  hogone
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Welcome. I bet your wife couldn't bear to hear that story after she woke up.

I was backpacking with some friends in Shenandoah and a bear untied our bear bag early on Sunday morning while several of us slept in the open not all that far away. Don't know how he did it, there was no damage to the cord that was tied around the tree. At least he only got most of our last meal and didn't get into a can of hash (that was long before I went ultralight). Once we realized what was going on we grabbed some pans and scared him away. I kept a plastic bottle he chewed through as a memento.
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Posts: 6128 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 21 Dec 2015 at 9:07pm
Originally posted by hogone

i would say it wasn't just a ham sandwich, had to have been more (and probably staged).  lived for years with black bears, 99.999999 harmless.  just be aware of there presence, use good judgement.  hogone
 
LOL, I don't know where you were at, but in the High Sierras where I grew up, it happens. With regualarity. Not staged.
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Welcome ronw345   from ron_whitt north of 49 in Ontario. We were camping in tents with friends... A black bear walked between both tents (they were about 5ft apart. And circled the tents before taking off. Like everyone else not a lot of sleeping the rest of that night... At least the pod will make it little harder for the bears to get in...
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i would say it wasn't just a ham sandwich, had to have been more (and probably staged).  lived for years with black bears, 99.999999 harmless.  just be aware of there presence, use good judgement.  hogone
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Welcome from up here in Utah.  Not far from Texas and a lot to see and do here.  Congrats on the pod!
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Bears happen.. and honestly, a camper isn't much of a deterrent. I have seen black bears disassemble a Buick for a ham sandwich.

On a side note.. Welcome!! :)
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