mastertangler wrote on Apr 21^st, 2010 at 11:54am:

Woods Walker, ...but to keep it in camp still raises the red flag for me, alarm system or not. A big determined bear is going to ignore you and your alarm. Been there, done that...

Well the pots & pans are to wake me up, not scare a bear... I am a bear hunter, so I have dealt with them at bait stations & they are more scared of me then I am of them.... if it doesn't smell like food or look like food they loose interest fast when they get yelled at.... most can be scared off even when they are on a bait eating. Alot of the encounters are over-exaggerated.

I bring the barrel to keep my food & cook gear clean, dry & easy to get at. I have had more of an issue in the past with mice & chipmunks eating holes in food packs or food containers. The barrel fixes that.

Bears don't worry me much.

Troy