[pct-l] RE: BearVault Problems

[scourtway at bpa-arch.com (Steve Courtway)]

bearvault writes:

>>The clear housing is not a problem; once a bear learns it cannot get into 
>>the
canister after several attempts it no longer tries

I observed a bear attempt to get into my opaque bearikade ONCE by simply 
knocking it over and then walking away with a "damn bearikade" snort.....no 
further attempts were made, maybe because the food could not be seen ? 
maybe not.  maybe someone should ask one.

fwiw,
s.c.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <sales@bearvault.com>
To: "John Coyle" <jcoyle@sanjuan.edu>
Cc: <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2005 10:38 AM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] RE: BearVault Problems


> The clear housing is not a problem; once a bear learns it cannot get into 
> the
> canister after several attempts it no longer tries.  This is basic bear
> behavior which we have also seen during the bear testing process.
>
> Jamie
>
> Quoting John Coyle <jcoyle@sanjuan.edu>:
>
>> I have been reading some of the recent BearVault posts, and I hope this
>> hasn't been mentioned before, but  could part of the problem be that the
>> BearVaults are clear?  A bear that may be "smarter than the average 
>> bear,"
>> will see the food inside the container and might be willing to make an 
>> extra
>> effort to get to it, passing up the opaque containers in the process. 
>> After
>> all,  bears are very intelligent creatures.  It must drive them crazy to 
>> be
>> able to see the food and not be able to get to it.  I remember when I was 
>> a
>> kid and used stare at the candy in the glass case at the drugstore hoping
>> the clerk would take pity on me--so near and yet so far. I must not have
>> been a very cute kid, because I didn't get any candy that way!
>>
>> I considered this effect when I bought my own BV200 a while back, right
>> before they came out with the newer models, luck of the Irish I guess.  I
>> wonder if the BearVault people have considered making an opaque container
>> out of that Lexan material?
>>
>>
>> John Coyle
>>
>>
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