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vermontbuild · 03-17-2021, 07:35 AM

I enjoy wilderness fishing. My favorite Dolly Varden and Grayling fishing is in the far Northern rivers in BC, Yukon and Northern Alaska where the Boreal forest gives way to the Tiaga and eventually to Tundra. This is Brown bear country ( Grizzly) . These giant bears can easily open a locked truck door to get at food. Cooking, food storage and trash disposal protocol must be carefully followed. Soft sided campers offer no protection from hungry bears and are actually banned at some camp grounds. Let’s face it, your sleeping in a fancy tent. The reduced weight and height makes these campers tempting but I’ll take my hard sided slide in for a better nights sleep.

Unplanned Tourist · 03-18-2021, 11:04 AM

I wouldn't worry about it as long as you don't have food stored inside the camper. Be smart and hang it between 2 trees or in some other way if no trees.

Most of the bears in remote areas aren't clued in to human food, so won't be that much of a problem anyway.

I have lived in the country all my life, and only had problems with bears going after fruit trees, and that is pretty easy to control with a 30-06!

trikebubble · 03-18-2021, 08:53 PM

So where are all the thousands of dead backpackers who routinely tent in bear country year after year. I live in BC and have camped in just about everything for the past 35years, and never once had any bear issues while camping. I currently feel as snug as a bug in a rug camping in my Four Wheel Camper. I've spent 2 weeks in each of the past 2 years camping on Northern Vancouver Island (where let's, be honest, cougars and bears and wolves seem to outnumber people) , with not even a sniff of an issue. I think in the big picture its a bit of a tempest in a teapot. If I recall correctly, I've seen more bears wandering thru my family home backyard than I've seen knocking on my tent or camper door. Just my. 02

Bedlam · 03-21-2021, 12:17 PM

They fertilize the cannabis fields with them after they are processed by the bear?

laj · 03-22-2021, 07:44 AM

I always wondered about that.
Thanks for the clarity🤫[emoji38]

HopsBrewster · 03-22-2021, 07:58 AM

Follow bear safety protocols no matter what you're camping in. don't cook where you sleep, secure the food, trash and any other scented things like toothpaste, keep a very clean camp. I've been doing this for decades, only recently upgrading to a hardside trailer.

mickeybitsko · 07-04-2021, 08:13 AM

Well now I'm scared. I'm on my second pop-up, first one too small, my northstar just right. I never knew how dangerous they could be in the real wilderness.
I have wondered how a starving wilderness creature could reach up and rip the canvas and attack me instead of just ripping the entry door off.
Are the doors on hardside campers starving wilderness creature proof?
@ scared e. cat

WPRam · 07-04-2021, 09:22 AM

I'm sure it won't take much to RIP up a little door!

mickeybitsko · 07-04-2021, 10:43 AM

I've never witnessed but read discussions about bears ability to pry open a car door , if these incidents are valid i have to think most trailer, fifth wheel and truck camper doors
Would not be too difficult for a bear.

DRvt · 07-12-2021, 09:05 AM

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Originally Posted by mickeybitsko

I've never witnessed but read discussions about bears ability to pry open a car door , if these incidents are valid i have to think most trailer, fifth wheel and truck camper doors
Would not be too difficult for a bear.

I agree if a bear wants you they will get you no matter what you have. I love my Northstar popup and have taken it from Ocala NF to Nowhere Maine Cougars,Bears and Gators. I was more scared of the wildlife on Main ST. Daytona Beach.