BOISE – As hunters strap on their boots and head out into the woods this fall, the Idaho Fish and Recreation is reminding hunters to maintain a clear camp to keep away from attracting undesirable guests, notably bears.
“I not too long ago responded to an incident of a grizzly bear poking its nostril round an occupied campsite, little question on the lookout for a simple meal,” stated Jeremy Nicholson, Fish and Recreation bear biologist. “Sadly, it’s not unusual to see giant camps with coolers stuffed with meals, cooking grills, and different attractants left unsecured and accessible to a bear.”
The Idaho Fish & Recreation says that through the fall months, bears are energetic as much as 20 hours a day on the lookout for meals, so it is very important correctly safe meals gadgets or some other attractants evening and day.
“I’ve seen coolers and different meals gadgets tucked below automobiles, within the mattress of vehicles, and saved inside canvas wall tents,” Nicholson says. “None of these will preserve a decided bear from getting a meals reward, and in case you are tenting within the Nationwide Forest, none of these choices meet meals storage necessities.”
To reduce possibilities of a bear visiting your campsite and discovering meals, the Idaho Fish & Recreation has launched the next security ideas:
- Preserve a clear camp. Retailer all meals, rubbish and even toothpaste, cleaning soap, lotions and bug spray in your car or camper. If meals storage in a car just isn’t potential, cling in a tree 10 to fifteen ft off the bottom, at the very least 100 yards out of your campsite.
- By no means prepare dinner in or close to a tent or preserve scented merchandise in a tent.
- Do not bury meals scraps, pour out cooking grease, or depart something that may be tasty on the bottom or within the hearth pit. Additionally, retailer barbecue grills or different smelly cooking gear inside your car or inside a sealed bear resistant container.
- By no means depart meals exterior or in an unattended or improperly saved cooler.
- Make the most of movement activated noise makers or moveable electrical fencing to stop bears and different animals from coming into your camp.