Bear Safety Tips for Hikers and Backpackers
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Learn how to hike and backpack safely in bear country plus how to determine whether a bear is a black bear or a brown (grizzly). You'll learn what to do if you are attacked by a bear. How you respond is DIFFERENT depending on which type of bear you encounter!
You'll learn about proper wilderness food storage and how to hang a bear bag, and why bear spray is best.
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