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BB vs BearVault September 21, 2011 08:32PM | Registered: 13 years ago Posts: 30 |
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Re: BB vs BearVault September 21, 2011 09:14PM | Registered: 13 years ago Posts: 30 |
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September 22, 2011 08:36AM | Registered: 15 years ago Posts: 1,374 |
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LVRAY
The only black bear known to open a properly sealed bear vault model 350 or higher (the ones with the double latch and wider groves) is the famous Marcy Lake bear of the Adirondacks (i.e., "yellow-yellow).
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Re: BB vs BearVault September 22, 2011 10:46AM | Registered: 15 years ago Posts: 85 |
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Yury
AFAIK at least one bear in Adirondacks has figured out how to open BearVault.
September 22, 2011 02:27PM | Registered: 15 years ago Posts: 1,374 |
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LVRAY
Yes, that would be the previously mentioned "yellow-yellow" (so named because of her dual yellow ear markers). That bear, also a female, was able to open both the single and double knotched lids by depressing the tab with her teeth and twisting the lid open.Quote
Yury
AFAIK at least one bear in Adirondacks has figured out how to open BearVault.
Re: BB vs BearVault September 22, 2011 02:33PM | Registered: 15 years ago Posts: 923 |
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y_p_w
I still think the way to prevent a BV from being compromised is to just crank the lid on tight. I know it's a pain in the morning to open, but I don't see a bear generating enough torque to open a tightly closed lid with its teeth. I would venture that most of the lids that were compromised by the Marcy Dam bear were left pretty loose or barely tightened.
September 22, 2011 02:50PM | Registered: 15 years ago Posts: 1,374 |
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y_p_w
I still think the way to prevent a BV from being compromised is to just crank the lid on tight. I know it's a pain in the morning to open, but I don't see a bear generating enough torque to open a tightly closed lid with its teeth. I would venture that most of the lids that were compromised by the Marcy Dam bear were left pretty loose or barely tightened.
Last year the ranger at Road's End was asking backpackers to put Bear Vaults in bear lockers because a bear out there performs CPR on them to get the lid off. He didn't discriminate between versions of the lid.