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How to protect food from animals when camping (HowCast)
beingzoe 6 months ago
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The best tip was don’t keep food in your tent, “or it and you might be the next meal.” Keeping your food away from you and away from animals is big deal.
Recently while camping in Missouri it sounded like night of the living dead outside my tent as raccoons attempted and partially succeeded in getting my food.
Tips from the video
- Never store food in your tent
- Keep food in a locked cooler or in a trunk if you car is nearby
- Put food in a sack and store it slung with a rope over a tree branch
- Use a bear resistant canister
- Use waterproof bags and store the food in a mesh nylon bag in a nearby stream
- Always keep your campsite clean
Did you know? A bear’s sense of smell is 7 times stronger than a bloodhound’s.
From the description at Youtube:
Getting back to nature can be an incredibly rewarding experience unless critters come along and ruin it! Here’s how to keep your food from being plundered.
I think anyone who has been camping can relate to your story Bobbie.
Great tips.
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6 months ago Bobbie the fortune teller said ...
Great tips. One time we used the wooden food locker cupboards built into the campsite at a state park but didn’t lock it, and the racoons somehow figured out how to open it even though we couldn’t figure out they reached it.