zski wrote on Mar 12^th, 2013 at 7:34pm:

There are a couple references in this thread to a rigged jogger alarm (i think IC and ST). Do you still use/recommend them? How did you rig them?

I got my set-up for when solo and leaving food pack unattended at one end of a long portage or when I saw fresh scat and knew a bear was in vicinity.
Mine is really just a jogger/personal alarm about the size of a pack of cigarettes and runs on 9 volt battery.
It has a on/off switch and a pull pin attached to short lanyard.
I set food pack off trail and put alarm in food pack side pocket or secure under flap and tie the lanyard to tree/limb, using extra cord if necessary.
Idea is if bear grabs pack, the noise will scare him off, it's very loud, like a smoke alarm.

I've read that doesn't deter some bears, but I don't know how anything could listen to that hi-decibel sound blasting in it's ears for long.
If nothing else, it will alert you to the problem and you can easily track the bear by the sound if it manages to carry it off. :-/
You could probably use it in the right circumstances as a emergency signaling device if you don't have a whistle for that purpose.

You could also use it like a perimeter alarm similar to how they did in Vietnam.
Tie off the alarm to tree near your tent and string fish line around area your trying to "secure". Keep it high enough little critters won't trigger it but bears would.
I don't know how a moose would react to it late at night so use that idea at your own discretion/peril.  ;D