I camp in bear country pretty much every time I camp, and we have never had
any sort of problem with bears trying to get into our occupied vehicle (30
years and LOTS of camping).  Now, in our area we have black bears only.
Black bears don't like dogs, and we always have a dog along when camping.
The dog sleeps in the camper.  During the day, we have watched black bears
go through a campground, avoiding all the campsites with dogs.

I have been told that grizzley bears will come into your camp just to eat
the dog, so our method may not wook too well in other areas.

At 01:17 PM 9/21/99 MDT, Mark Dierbeck wrote:
>I know its not a good idea to sleep in a tent with food.  Is there any issue
>with respect to bears as far as having food in a Westy?  Has anyone heard
of a
>problem related to this?

Bill (SE Arizona) (Bill@freeholder.com) HTTP://www.freeholder.com
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