What happens if a G Bear claims your kill?

[mtmuley]

I can tell you what’s gonna happen to this prick if I catch him. 6+ hr hike in and I was really looking forward to one of these last night..
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That would piss me off too. mtmuley

 

[Ghillieman]

I'm thinkin it depends if its Yogi Bear or Smokey Bear....

 

[RealMuddyboots]

So I emailed the group that did the bear electric fence study and requested the brochures. I had asked several questions but was told the person who conducted the study was no longer available. SO here are the brochures on electric fences in bear territory that they sent me. Personally, having experience with electric fences with horses, grounding is critical and I bet in certain ground covers like lichen, boggy etc, it may be tough to get solid ground. I think I would try to bring a ground that can be driven in quite far (4-6') in this type of soil but in multiple pieces that assemble together. Maybe give some thought for your own systems.

 

[brockel]

Hank Patterson explains it perfectly on what you are suppose to do at the 2:30 mark of this video

 

[BackofBeyond]

@neffa3 There was someone on here that built their own fence using carbon fiber arrows and electric fence tape.

Now I have to find the thread. Pretty bad as and I was going to copy for my caribou hunt before it got shut down.

Edit: found it: https://www.hunttalk.com/threads/solo-alaska-caribou.308882/page-2

And it was @Poke 'Em

 

[kwyeewyk]

@neffa3 There was someone on here that built their own fence using carbon fiber arrows and electric fence tape.

Now I have to find the thread. Pretty bad as and I was going to copy for my caribou hunt before it got shut down.

Post in thread 'Solo Alaska Caribou' https://www.hunttalk.com/threads/solo-alaska-caribou.308882/post-3257254

 

[Jofes]

I was in AK with a guide, we had successfully killed a sheep and were bou/ bear hunting, as we were finishing processing the bou a sow peaked over the hill at 80 yards, needless to say after looking for cubs, yelling at her, I shot her at 40, she never once stopped walking towards us. When done skinning the bear we had another at 500 yards eating blueberries, we one tripped it out of there, bear and bou. I can't imagine what would have taken place if we didn't have the tag.

 

[old270hunter]

Maybe it would help @neffa3 if we all posted things he could do to avoid that scenario? I've read that a good way to keep a bear off is to take a battery operated radio or old phone and leave it near the carcass and crank the volume up with anything playing. I have intentionally kept an old phone that still has my music saved to it just for this purpose when my wife and I head to AK here soon

Recommend any ABBA album played on a loop. Should do the trick.

 

[Irrelevant]

@neffa3 There was someone on here that built their own fence using carbon fiber arrows and electric fence tape.

Now I have to find the thread. Pretty bad as and I was going to copy for my caribou hunt before it got shut down.

Edit: found it: https://www.hunttalk.com/threads/solo-alaska-caribou.308882/page-2

And it was @Poke 'Em

I'm not handy like that. I already bought one from Bear Watch System. Not the time for a "rustic" level of execution

 

[Ben Lamb]

I wonder if a weed burner electric fence on battery would work well enough to keep a bear off a kill. Lot of weight to carry. Its one thing to deter around a campsite but blood and guts in its face whole different scenario. Music prob just dining music to them with blood in nose.

https://www.cabelas.com/shop/en/udap-electric-bear-fence?ds_e=GOOGLE&ds_c=Cabelas%7CShopping%7CSmart%7CHunting%7CHunting%7CNAud%7CTopPerf%7CNMT&gclid=Cj0KCQjw39uYBhCLARIsAD_SzMQEovFfZDVi5P7HHHZBGJHfcX1p2PO3TnvcPH9UCIRzLDqy08_97WYaAiAuEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

3.7 pounds of electric fence.

 

[Irrelevant]

https://www.cabelas.com/shop/en/udap-electric-bear-fence?ds_e=GOOGLE&ds_c=Cabelas%7CShopping%7CSmart%7CHunting%7CHunting%7CNAud%7CTopPerf%7CNMT&gclid=Cj0KCQjw39uYBhCLARIsAD_SzMQEovFfZDVi5P7HHHZBGJHfcX1p2PO3TnvcPH9UCIRzLDqy08_97WYaAiAuEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

3.7 pounds of electric fence.

I went with Bear Watch over the UDAP, because it has 10x the joules at about the same weight.

Bearwatch Systems - Electric Bear Fences - Portable and Lightweight

Portable and lightweight electric bear fences designed for camping - Feel safer and sleep better in bear country with a layer of electric deterrence against wildlife.

www.bearwatchsystems.com

 

[noharleyyet]

Recommend any ABBA album played on a loop. Should do the trick.

Kanye is too much gun....

 

[wyoelkfan15]

I've shot multiple elk in grizz country. Take the proper precautions at butcher time, move meat out far away from the carcass, hang it if you can >15-20 feet above ground if possible, pack out as much meat as possible day of the kill, take a leak around the hanging meat before leaving it to mark it as your own. Follow those simple rules and you are setting yourself up for a very low percentage of this even being an issue.

 

[Irrelevant]

I've shot multiple elk in grizz country. Take the proper precautions at butcher time, move meat out far away from the carcass, hang it if you can >15-20 feet above ground if possible, pack out as much meat as possible day of the kill, take a leak around the hanging meat before leaving it to mark it as your own. Follow those simple rules and you are setting yourself up for a very low percentage of this even being an issue.

FINALLY! a comment I like.

 

[wyoelkfan15]

FINALLY! a comment I like.

As an additional tip, any time I'm walking in to a meat cache I start singing my favorite country song about a half mile out, the more out of tune the better. Let's any bears in the area know you are there before you get in their wheelhouse.

 

[Irrelevant]

As an additional tip, any time I'm walking in to a meat cache I start singing my favorite country song about a half mile out, the more out of tune the better. Let's any bears in the area know you are there before you get in their wheelhouse.

Now yur speakin' my language.

 

[Schaaf]

G bear tried to take my biscuits and blackberry jelly on Sunday but I yelled at her and her deadbeat 3 kids “HEY BEAR” and that was that

 

[mxracer317]

I went with Bear Watch over the UDAP, because it has 10x the joules at about the same weight.

Bearwatch Systems - Electric Bear Fences - Portable and Lightweight

Portable and lightweight electric bear fences designed for camping - Feel safer and sleep better in bear country with a layer of electric deterrence against wildlife.

www.bearwatchsystems.com

Please update if you like or dislike that one. Can't find too much info on it.

 

[Deleted member 16014]

Does anyone here hang their meat 15-20 feet off the ground and a full 4' away from the trunk every time they kill an elk? It's a great idea, but I have just about never killed an animal where this was feasible. I subscribe to the theory that a hang that is subpar gives a false sense of security.

 

[TheJason]

It’s a lot of work to use a regulation meat pole. It’s certainly effective, but it’s a PITA.