do bears attack you in your sleep?

Foxer, the last time I checked shooting them was against the rules
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Sure - but their guitar, their 'boom box', and their portable generator are all 'In Season'. :)

I find that after that, they generally don't bother with checking the regs any further.
 
I remember the sister of a school friend of ours was killed in Glacier National Park in the 60's-she was sleeping in a tent.The fact is, bears are large efficient carnevores and if you are on their turf, you better be prepared to defend yourself-and even so the odd time the bear wins.They ain't the warm fuzzy teddybears the tree huggers would have you believe them to be.Even having a loaded rifle or shotgun by your side isn't much use if the tent is collapsed on you by a predatory bear
 
Another point to remember if you're a newbie at this camping in bear country stuff, Don't ever cook in your tent, even if it is raining.
I had an instance, in McLeod Campground, where a camper and his family had their tent raided while they were out of it. He thought he was pretty safe, as he had taken all food out of the tent, just leaving sleeping bags etc while they were out.
Unfortunately, Mr/Mrs Bear smelled the food they had cooked, days before, and decided to go foraging.
 
ANYBODY in ANY area where there are bears is asking for trouble if they don't have something with them to even the odds-be it bear spray or a firearm.
 
savagefan said:
You can't take nothing into a nat park.
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I still don't see the logic in paying money to sleep in the woods, and usally next to a bunch of noisy unattended drunk teens in a nearby campsite.

Seems like an IQ test to me.:rolleyes:

And yes Bears will snack on sleeping campers.
 
Boomer said:
Calum said:
I still don't see the logic in paying money to sleep in the woods, and usally next to a bunch of noisy unattended drunk teens in a nearby campsite.QUOTE]


If drunks are a problem, then you need to go deeper into the woods.
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why when bear would rather eat already marinated meat :D let it have the drunks
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There was an article written in the area newspaper(Dryden Observer Wed. Oct 19 2005) that I'll condense(I haven't figured out how to post with my new printer)
"On Sept. 21, in a forestry camp north of Kenora, Skene and campmates were roused in the middle of the night by the cries of co-worker Peter Moore. A 250-pound black bear had attacked Moore in his tent and sleeping bag and was dragging the man, tent-and-all, away towards the bush line.
"I'd never really seen a bear in full attack mode," said Skene. " It was scary, but not in the way you'd think . It didn't growl and roar and do the Hollywood thing--it didn't respond at all. It was ignorant to my presence . I was within five feet of it yelling, throwing things and he wasn't scared or concerned. He looked at me and went back to biting Pete ."
The crew finally scared the bear off by driving a vehicle towards it .
Moore had suffered deep bites on both shoulders . His arms, back and head were also injured ."
I'll post the entire article soon as I figure out this scanner-printer.
Be careful out there boys and girls .
 
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