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Food Storage at Night When Camping


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Mountain Laurel from SoMD on 8/26/2015 5:41:12 PM:
For those that camp in tents in the evening, what do you do with your food bag? Are there many bear sightings that would force you to hang your food bag from in a tree or can I put in my tent each evening?

 
Tom M from Raleigh NC on 8/27/2015 2:59:55 PM:
I would definitely hang your food at night, not just for the potential for bears but raccoons and other critters. I don't know how common they are, but black bears definitely live in area and tend to like rivers. We saw photos of black bears in the "Yak" river at Ohiopyle while eating at one of the local restaurants.