beachbunny
Member
i'm thinking of getting one of these rigs and wanted to know if anybody has had issues with bears and this type of popup canvas rig.
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fwc and bears
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crazysccrmd
Observer
If you make the FWC smell attractive and a bear wants in it won’t stop it.
There are some national park units that won't allow any pop-ups for this reason. You can use it with the top down, but that's a tight fit. I've camped in tents for years in national parks and haven't had any issues with storing food outside the tent, but for some reason, a handful of parks don't like pop-ups. I'm assuming it's the fridge.
Scoutn79
Adventurer
If a bear wants in nothing short of a tank is going to stop it, period. They will rip doors and trunks open without trying very hard.
Best option is to follow bear safe camping/food/trash storage.
I would never say a bear is docile or not to worry about it but that being said I have had dozens of black bears over the years come visit my camps, most times I was in a backpacking tent and could hear them breathing and hear their footsteps just feet form my head outside. But they have killed people before so just be smart and prepared.
Statistically you are far safer in the woods (away from people) than you are in town.
Darrell
Best option is to follow bear safe camping/food/trash storage.
I would never say a bear is docile or not to worry about it but that being said I have had dozens of black bears over the years come visit my camps, most times I was in a backpacking tent and could hear them breathing and hear their footsteps just feet form my head outside. But they have killed people before so just be smart and prepared.
Statistically you are far safer in the woods (away from people) than you are in town.
Darrell
beachbunny
Member
that was the way it was when i worked in glacier ,once the bears started acting up,they threw the soft sides out but i can't get a definitive answer out of them and i believe the folks at fwc tried also to no avail
Trikebubble
Adventurer
I see it as risk vs. reward with a dose of common sense thrown in. My FWC allows us to camp comfortably in places where you'd never be able to take a traditional hard sided camper or trailer into. For me, it is worth that small risk in camping in an FWC to be able to experience these parts of our world. We always try to be bear-aware, set-up, camp, cook, clean, and stow garbage accordingly. Growing up in BC you just think about wildlife every time you step into the back country. We also always have a firearm handy in the camper and/or truck and/or in the backpack while enjoying our BC back country....just in case. Two years ago, when we still roof-top tented it, I awoke in the morning to find cougar pawprints on the front quarterpanel and hood area of my old Xterra. Big kittie had come by in the evening and curiosity got the better of him and he had a very close sniff around. We had no clue (apparently either did our slumbering dogs), and we chalk it up to back country camping experience.