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Thanks, that is very interesting...and encouraging.

I saw the same article here, http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/n ... human-food.

The caption on the photo says that visitors should not store food in trees. I have never heard of that being a problem. Maybe only in Yosemite. Has anyone had a problem with hanging food in trees?

Arizona ring tailed cats will jump down onto hung packs and food bags with ease if they are hanging to close to the tree or it's branches. Flash light beams and hollering often will not chase them away once they smell that you have food hanging nearby. A few small stones thrown help but mostly once you have hit the cat itself.

Skunks on the other hand do normally retreat with flash light beams and hollering. I have never had to hit a skunk with a stone and I wouldn't recommend doing it anyway.

On the first of two lower Colorado kayaking trips this past month, we had trouble with raccoons in camp at Squaw Lake. The other campers did not secure their garbage or food. The raccoons not only got into the garbage bag and scattered it around, but also got into three of the tents where food was being stored. For some reason they left me alone. For my second trip out there I took my Bear Vault canister. I first looked online to see if it would work for raccoons, and found out it will. I advised fellow paddlers to bring something to secure food for the three-day trip away from vehicles. They brought ammo boxes, which also seemed to work very well.

Chazz_Reinhold wrote:I saw the same article here, http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/n ... human-food.

The caption on the photo says that visitors should not store food in trees. I have never heard of that being a problem. Maybe only in Yosemite. Has anyone had a problem with hanging food in trees?

Yosemite bears have learned to defeat most hanging methods. Also, too many people don't hang correctly in the first place. The combination of those two is why hard canisters are required there.

It's astonishing to me that wildlife managers actually fed bears on purpose until as recently as the 1970s. It reminds me of fire suppression ... the problems today are the result of the "solutions" of yesteryear.

All over the world ...

big_load wrote: Also, too many people don't hang correctly in the first place.

Been a long time since I attended a good hangin'.

More recent animal feeding result:
https://www.kold.com/2021/02/09/coatimu ... epartment/

Hart warns it’s important to never feed wildlife.

Except birds. Birds are not actually wild and it's perfectly acceptable to install feeders for them because they're pretty.
Also, birds aren't real.

@nonot
It's all fun and games until you're eviscerated by a cute coati.

chumley wrote: ↑Feb 14 2021 12:49 pm

Hart warns it’s important to never feed wildlife.

Except birds. Birds are not actually wild and it's perfectly acceptable to install feeders for them because they're pretty.
Also, birds aren't real.

Whether birds are real or not, ensure your feeder doesn't spread disease https://www.seattletimes.com/explore/at ... re-for-it/