How to Hang a Bear Bag
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How to Hang a Bear Bag

If you’re heading into bear country, it’s absolutely vital to store your food and other scented items safely out of reach from hungry bears. This protects you, the bears, and the overall experience you’ll have outdoors.

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Rules for Picking the Perfect Campsite
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Rules for Picking the Perfect Campsite

There are numerous considerations to bear in mind when choosing the perfect campsite. It’s late. Your shoulders are tired from carrying a pack, or your ass is tired from driving on rutted roads, and all you want is to find a camping spot and stay. But before you commit to the first place that suggests it could house a tent, there are a couple of questions you’ll want to ask yourself:

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Worst Night in the Woods - Camping Horror Stories

Worst Night in the Woods - Camping Horror Stories

In the woods, the night works like a megaphone, magnifying small sounds into big sounds and big into bigger. And there are so many things that can go bump in the night, from bears to thunder booms. However, night frights can make for frightfully good stories. With nods to well-known works of literature, here are some of those stories.

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