| If you go down to the woods today you're sure | | | | smells from your clothes and camping equipment. |
| to be in for a big surprise. I believe this is a line | | | | When you go to sleep in your tent do not sleep in |
| from a nursery rhyme and how true it is. When | | | | the clothes you were cooking with. Do not leave |
| camping in the forest or hiking through the trees | | | | food in your tent and dispose of your rubbish |
| you are introducing yourself to nature and nature | | | | properly. Bears are attracted by the smell of food |
| always has a habit of surprising. You could be | | | | and have no qualms about coming into contact |
| strolling along in a world of your own when a large | | | | with humans. So by eliminating any trace of food |
| shadow envelopes you and on realizing this you | | | | you avoid any confrontation with a bear which |
| stop and look up to be confronted by huge bear. | | | | can be a very dangerous animal. |
| As beautiful as they look, they are not like the | | | | If you do come face to face with a bear try to |
| teddy bear you used to take to bed with you | | | | remain still. Research has shown that bears do not |
| when you were a child. Now the things with these | | | | fight when there is no aggression or resistance in |
| bears is that they have wised up and now | | | | a confrontation. Running away is not an option as |
| whenever they see a human or a tent they | | | | the bear can out run you and trying to climb to |
| know there is food close by. It makes more | | | | safety up a tree is definitely not a viable option as |
| sense to them to just stroll where the human is | | | | the bear is an excellent tree climber. But as with |
| and help themselves to any food that may be | | | | most things, prevention is always better than the |
| present than hunting or gathering their own food. | | | | cure, so take the appropriate actions with your |
| They have become lazy and prefer the easy | | | | food and then the bear will have no reason to |
| option much to our inconvenience. The last thing | | | | invite himself to dinner. It's not your company the |
| you want to do is invite a bear for dinner so take | | | | bear wants, just your food. No food available and |
| a few precautions. | | | | the bear will leave you alone. Always bear that in |
| Try to eliminate cooking odors and any food | | | | mind. |