Anyone for an electric bear fence?
I love this picture. Reminds me of why we went into the bear fence business.
I was never really afraid of bears myself although I’ve always camped with a healthy awareness of them. I have seen glistening claw marks high up on trees on the way in and lord knows how much skat I’ve managed not to tread on (to date). So yeah, there was the odd ‘wakeful’ night - the mind is primeval in the darkness of the wild.
Being self reliant is part of the appeal of course. But that element of excitement can get old. A few of my friends won’t go camping because they have the spectre of this bear in their mind’s eye.
In mine now, the big bear is about to be introduced to a Bear Sentry.
Here’s one ready to say hello around my sister’s campsite on her Dempster Highway adventure ride to the Arctic.