Electric bear fences for camping

Worth it up there IMO

Especially fishing where you might carry some delicious scent

Seems to me it's one of those items that is better to have and not need rather than the alternative.

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Just follow good bear safety and you’ll likely be okay. If the fencing gives you more peace of mind then I say do it.

The California lady that just got nailed was storing food in her tent and went back to bed after the grizz came in once… it’s hard to fault the bear for being a bear in the face of that kind of nonchalant attitude.

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Yeah, also dont eat, cook or clean near your tent as well. mistake a lot of folks make

I don’t know about scaring bears, but I could have some fun with that.

I’m going elk hunting in Montana in November. Hopefully the Grizzlies are sleeping, because all I’ll have is a hand gun and bear spray.

Aside from my bolt action.

Sleeping in a 2 man tipi, should be sketchy

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this is also a good idea

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that looks awesome!

I’d say 90% of people that want to carry a gun for bear protection would me more likely to shoot themself before ever hitting the bear

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everything I ever read said that I'd need a minimum 44 mag

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Sounds like a good excuse to buy a new revolver

The 44 mag is wildly inaccurate. Of course it has stopping power, but good luck getting 1 round let alone 5 on target on a grizzly running 35 mph from 40 yds away right at you.

That being said whatever gun you shoot best is a smart carry, but also carry bear spray. Most experts/biologists carry both at all times.

More importantly do not ever eat/cook/or store food at your tent. Always keep your head on a swivel and be bear aware. Since you’re fishing and not hunting you can and should be very loud in the woods. Make noise.

I’ve hunted a good bit in the beartooth wilderness and have seen sows with cubs. Luckily they’ve always stayed clear of us and us them.

From what I gather on the gun v spray debate is this.

You need both. You have much higher odds of hitting with spray, but there are tons of attacks where the spray didn’t stop them and/or took too long. You need a lethal option. If a grizzly is physically on you biting and clawing at your back or leg or arm. You need a gun to unload into it. Spray isn’t gonna stop it at that point. 9mm is widely used because it’s easy to put rounds on target at a rapid rate and it carries a ton of rounds in a mag and also there are some studies that show it typically penetrates deeper than a 45.

You need spray and a gun and both need to be on your sheet or hip not in a pack. It takes less than 2 sec for a charging grizzly to cover 40 yds. Most attacks the victim didn’t see or notice the bear until it was <30yds away. So you have about 1 sec to spray or draw and shoot before she’s on you. Avoid dense thick timber if possible.

It certainly cannot hurt to set an electric wire fence. I’ve not done it yet, but want to in the future.

Go watch the Meateater video they just did on grizz. It’s eye opening.

Also listen to the meat eater podcast on their afognak island grizz attack on the crew. These are all some of the most seasoned expert wilderness hunters and woodsman with tons of hours cataloged in grizzly country and to a man not one was prepared or reacted in what they would call the best way when the attack went down.

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You need both. You have much higher odds of hitting with spray, but there are tons of attacks where the spray didn’t stop them and/or took too long. You need a lethal option. If a grizzly is physically on you biting and clawing at your back or leg or arm. You need a gun to unload into it.

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You need to play dead and cover your head and neck at that point.