It takes a long time to become that natural smelling.
I could get there after around 18-24 miles backpacking on warm days - Just
ask my wife !
Kenneth Waller
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob W-PDML" <p...@web-options.com>
To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net>
Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2016 2:49 PM
Subject: Re: Home from Grandfather Mountain.
On 8 Jun 2016, at 19:04, Ken Waller <kwal...@peoplepc.com> wrote:
The whole idea here is to not present a unique odor for the bear to come
and check out.
So the less you smell 'civilized' the less chance you'll become their
next meal.
It takes a long time to become that natural smelling. Snipers and ghillies
and such-like apparently spend days in the wild getting smelly enough not
to leave a human scent that dogs can follow or animals can recognise as
human.
A big issue with bears is not to suprise them. Several of the maulings
I'm aware of were due to humans getting
between the mom and her cubs or
those that came upon a bear and surprised it.
That would certainly do it.
B
Kenneth Waller
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller
----- Original Message ----- From: "Stanley Halpin"
<s...@stans-photography.info>
Subject: Re: Home from Grandfather Mountain.
In early September we will be in Alaska, have a one-day tour where the
two of us (and maybe 2 others) will be flown to an area to be determined
where bears have been recently spotted according to the best information
the pilot has acquired. The information sheet includes the following
list of items that we should not bring:
• Seafood in your lunches
• Backpacks or clothing from previous days fishing, unless thoroughly
washed
• Glass containers
• Aerosol sprays
• Bear spray or Pepper spray (unsafe on the aircraft)
• Firearms (not allowed on the aircraft)
They don’t mention after-shave.
stan
On Jun 7, 2016, at 6:10 PM, Bob W-PDML <p...@web-options.com> wrote:
So not a good idea to wear salmon-scented after-shave?
On 7 Jun 2016, at 19:20, Daniel J. Matyola <danmaty...@gmail.com>
wrote:
On Tue, Jun 7, 2016 at 1:16 PM, Christine Aguila
<christ...@caguila.com> wrote:
Seeing a wild bear sounds cool and scary at the same time
It's NOT seeing a wild bear that is dangerous. If you see the bear
before it sees you, and you stay out of its way and awy from any cubs,
they seldom bother you. If, however, you unexpectedly come into close
proximity to a bear in the woods, or inadvertently approach a cub,
things can get very dicey indeed. I got rather close to a number of
them in Alaska, but I kept my distance and they were more interested
in the salmon than me, so there was never any real danger. The sight
-- or the smell -- can increase one's pulse rate a bit in any event.
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