You really need to review the video link I'm including. Your recommendation to spray at 13 feet is foolish and dangerous. This video recommends 60 feet. Within 2-3 seconds the bear will cover 30 feet of ground. At fifteen feet you are about 1-2 seconds away from being taken down. You need to hit the ground, using one hand to keep spraying and the other to protect your head and neck. Your advice is going to get someone hurt or killed! Please make a new video with the correct information. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/isBle615v56xlqs.html

I watched another video that said you use it when the bear is 25-30 feet away, but you said 13 feet. Which is it. 13 feet allows a charging bear to get awfully close. At that range, the bear is intent on attacking and it may not stop them.

I use the quick cook pasta, use smallest amount of water u can get away with, bring to boil, turn off gas and just let it soak. Use a wool hat to keep the heat in. Perfect every time

Bear spray in one hand and a good pistol in the other.

We should train bears for scent jobs.... 🎉

Just like sharks….. bears are wild animals that Don’t care in the least about our guidelines 😱

Trying to wrap my head around some of this Kevin and here is where I get stuck. If I look at Jeff’s new maps for Algonquin park the faint blue lines generally run on most other maps I have seen from north to south or towards true north I assume. Then going to the government site for the current declination I can see what it is. Where I am confused is Jeff’s maps faint blue lines run more NE/SW and does that mean it accounts already for the declination and if I also corrected on my compass I would be correcting for something he has already corrected for when making the map? Hope this makes sense.

I have found dental floss is excellent for stitching up all sorts of things in the field. I have even used it to stitch together leather. Webbing also works well to patch over holes and tears and to reinforce stress points.

Not Locating the Bear Banger Kit. What is the NAME so I can purchase one. Thank you!

If you need to speak softly and gently, how would an air horn work? Going to a National Park where you can't carry bear spray.

I haven’t seen your other vids if already done but what about Polar bears? Is it always predatory? Joe Rogan said when people are around “they smell meat.” 😂😂😂

Great, informative clip. Thanks. One of the most experienced bears I've encountered was in '75 in Camp 4, Yosemite before all the new metal food storage units were installed. Then the typical approach was to hang food between trees. In this one place there was only one oak tree, but it had long enough branches so a rope could be looped over the thin end where a bear's weight would not be supported. The climber who arranged that, heaved his food bag up to the branch and tied the rope to a solitary fence post, away from the tree. One morning a bear appeared, walked by, noticed the hanging bag and swiftly climbed up the three to fetch it. Elegantly (for a large animal) he walked out onto the branch to do the job. Oops, as anticipated the branch began to bend, preventing the bear to reach the food. What the climber wasn't anticipating was what the bear did next. After retreating a bit, the bear stood up onto the 'food branch' with his hind legs, grabbed a smaller branch above it, then walked out, using both branches for weight distribution and got out far enough to barely reach the bag (while still holding up with the other front leg to the upper branch), flipped the bag over the branch, then climbed down for a deserved (?) meal.

Great video. I really appreciate the detail and the lack of dramatization. I've read Herrero's excellent "Bear Attacks Their Causes and Avoidance",but's great to see your collection of bear encounter videos so I can see the bears actual body language.

Thanks for a comprehensive break down most of all the cost to fuel savings to weight .

I never had the opportunity to use spray, but have used an air horn twice. It worked both times, once in Wrangell-St.Elias N.P. where I worked, and another time in Chugach S.P. The response was immediate. Made me think that bears, whose hearing is much more sensitive than a humans, just don't wanna be around something that's that annoying. Right or not, I believe that not all bears react identical, depending on the area where they live. There should be no question that in places where there is a considerable tourist activity, most of them a bit nervous about actually seeing a bear, the wildlife of such an area is fully aware that they're 'not alone', that there is an undercurrent (if you will) of a strange life-form present, something that shouldn't really be here. In places where people see bears 'all the time', like where I live, bears seem to be aware that there is a pesky species that yells, bangs pots, toots horns or throws rocks whenever they're seen in yards. Those bears respond much more agreeable than one who's never seen a human and thus may get unnervingly curious. As such, I've 'talked to' many a bear (typically black) and found them quite co-operative about vacating the area. What I like most about them is that they don't display an annoying, endless bark like so many dogs use when they encounter a stranger. Like it or not, Charlie VanderGaw (look him up here on KZfaq) has discovered traits in bears that show us bear traits most folks had no clue about. Cheers ;- )

I, too, rely on noise for bear deterrent. My Glock 20 emits about 170 dB of noise.

This is the absolute best video about bears in the wild. Thanks

Can i assume rhat is for 4 peoples because of 4 chicken breast. And for the sauce also ? I ask beacause i made it and it was not so tasty , just want to know to make it tasty enoff for the next time , i make a another try today

Sorry if you've answered this (and I have your excellent book but not with me), but is there any reason to boil the meat before dehydrating if I'm going to store it in the freezer? I know you say fats go rancid over time at room temperature. But stored frozen and eaten within a few days of removal from the freezer, I haven't found it to be a problem. And I've found that meat cooks just fine in the dehydrator (several hours at 160F or so). So can't I just put the sausage directly in the dehydrator? Thanks Kevin!

What about a 44 magnum?😂

Uhm 12ga slugs deter most things !😮

Not the *Goon Stroke* 💀💀💀💀

I like 10mm noise maker

Two questions: When I make jerky, I just put the raw meat in the dehydrator. Given that it dehydrates for several hours at 160F (71C), why is it necessary to cook it first? For chicken, if I don't have a pressure cooker, should I just forget abut dehydrated chicken meals? Thanks!

What size pot do you use for 2 people??

Carnivore snax

I prefer to use a kneeling thwart. Takes up less space. Luckily don't have any issues with kneeling.

I respect the Inspection Boss 🙏

Nicely done Kevin you’re a good teacher.

Great idea Kevin , I like the seat platform it’s wide enough you can sit right next to the gunnels for ease of paddling over long distances. I love paddling along the shore checking out the bottom for anything I can see. Would there be enough space to have oversize wingnuts on the bottom side of the bolts that hold the seat in place. Big wing Nutz for maximum leverage in order to take out either of the bow seats, in order to better fit packs on trips.And you wouldn’t have to have tools. Happy paddling🎉

The Missing Enigma mentioned you in a video. So new ro dehydrating that i didn't know there were trays like that 👏👏 so very useful video, ty

So what Excalibur are you using? What a stupid thing to leave out

I’m new to your channel , Kevin I just subscribed and plan to pick up your book. I’ve been wanting to make dehydrated food for quite some time for my canoe and kayak trips. I own a pressure cooker now I have to do research on buying a dehydrator. Do you recommend any particular kind? I’m thinking something made of stainless steel versus plastic. Have a great day Kevin happy tripping. You do great job with filming and content.

Thanks for the upload Kevin!

Curious...why did you build the box instead of just putting the OPsack in an Ursack bag?

If I don't have an adjustable compass and say declination is 15 degrees East and Grid North is 2 degrees West, can I just adjust 13 degrees East? Is that correct?

The bear did not detect the fish at all. If he had....he would've eaten it. What brought him to the site was your scent you left all over the tree and the box as well as the ground around it and the trail cam...as well as the glues in the plywood. The glues used to seal layers of plywood together are unnatural to bears and because of their curiosity they will investigate it. If you want to do a true test of ODOR PROOF bags, you need to cover yourself from head to toe with scent-free (scentless detergent) clothing w/ gloves... take a hatchet in a rotted out stump and core the middle out enough to sit the bag of sardines down in (making sure to wear gloves when handling the bags and sardines even in the preparation phase). You cannot put your scent on anything. Once that's done, wipe the sardine filled bag with alcohol wipe then spray it with scent free spray. Sit it down inside the stump and put your camera up a good 20 feet away. Cover the stump cored out hole with some moss once you put the bag in the hole. When doing a odor proof test out in the wild, you cannot allow any scent variables to "infect" even ONE aspect of the test. If you do, the test is automatically a failure before it starts.

Kevin, thank you so much for being so educational. Doing a solo bicycle tour from Whitefish, Mt up into Canada (Alberta and BC) and really trying to learn about how to manage my actions to avoid bears. The one thing you mentioned about smells transferred to your cloths worries me. I will be carry9ing all of my things in bags on the bike and transferring smells is almost impossible, Any thoughts ~ thank you

Great trip Kevin! I hope you’ll have some more trip videos to share with us this year. Also - that how to bushcraft an Ewok glider video 😄

I'm so happy to come across your channel . Nice simple to the point loads of tips and no squeaky preppy high pitched over excited voice . ❤

Great! Thanks!

im in uk we killed all the bears so dont know them..if we kept food and offered them food would they be more friendly like a dog?

I keep laughing at the 14:48 illustration. That is one sadass bear. 🤣

Such a great video, very informative

Beaver: There's a hole in the dam. That irks me. I am irked and that won't do.

It is good to be Canadian. Cheers eh!

Why away such great habitat for a black spruce plantation? I have a black spruce swamp essentially and I'm trying to figure out a way to convert it to exactly what this was before... any tips!?

This information is really going to help me

Just subscribed!! How long do u think this could last if vacuum sealed with oxygen pack and put in freezer?

Hi Kevin, extremely well made video! I have one question: around 9:25 you mention you are ignoring Grid North for now, but when we use map and compass don't we usually work relative to the gridlines on the map so that the grid magnetic angle (or magnetic declination from grid lines) is more important to adjust to if you want to go anywhere on the map except true North? Correct me if I'm wrong. Just curious how you see this!