I hope that this doesn't sound stupid but on the trips that I have organized we have never hung the food packs.  We stash them as Cliff Jacobson suggests, however we are considering hanging them this year.  The first two trips that I went on the group hung the packs but my uncle's took care of the hanging.  I would appreciate any suggestions and techniques for hanging packs.  Thanks in advance!

Thanks,
Firechief

FireChief & Yellowbird,

While I'm sure there will be plenty of folks wanting to cover this topic again (just watch), consider doing a "Search" of both the New & Old Forums.  Keywords might be "Food Pack" or "Bear Proofing", etc..  Another way at getting to the vast amount of commentary on this subject would be to search the contents of either the General Discussion Forum OR, perhaps, the Strictly Gear Forum for related materials. 

I know for a fact there was at least one thread entitled "Food Packs" where a fair amount of this discussion was carried on.  It was either there or on some other related thread where I got fairly well-blistered for my former practice of shoving my Food Pack under the canoe (versus "hanging" versus "random placement in the woods" versus "guard dogs" versus substituting "live chicken sacrifices" versus who knows what else).  Anyway, I recommend dredging up one of those old threads & resurrecting it for discussion this year.  Seems we gotta fight this one out at least once a year.  This is as good a time as any to do it!!

Jimbo

Rig up some bent branch snares, and hang the bears! instead.

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I prefer a drilled hockey puck (and parachute cord) <gr>.

-aj

Hey Beemer,

I agree with your point about "stashing" the pack & rodents.  It can be especially bad when the rodent reproduction cycle peaks out in late Summer.   On the other hand, hanging doesn't necessarily keep the rodents out.  They're pretty resourceful little beggars & climb rope easily.  Many-a-time I've lowered the pack, opened it up, & have had to shoo out the nasty little critters. 

It was db who put me onto my current "improved" arrangement with the "Rubbermaid Box"-up-in-the-tree approach.  That bad boy sure slows the little suckers down a good bit! 

Interestingly enough, however, there have been NEW developments.  I could swear that a raven or some other beak-endowed flying critter has tried to hack its way in a time or two.

Gigantor mosquitoes??

Jimbo