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A bear cache, food cache or bear box is a place designed to store food outdoors and prevent
Image:BearPole.jpg, A metal pole with pulleys and rope
Image:Bear caches.jpg, Metal boxes with bear-proof latches
Image:Moose Creek Shelter Cabin cache.jpg, A wooden structure with a ladder
File:Sami Storehouse.jpg, Traditional
A bear cache, food cache or bear box is a place designed to store food outdoors and prevent bear
Bears are carnivoran mammals of the family Ursidae. They are classified as caniforms, or doglike carnivorans. Although only eight species of bears are extant, they are widespread, appearing in a wide variety of habitats throughout the Nor ...
s and other animals from accessing it. They are used by campers when staying in bear habitat. They can also be used by hunters
Hunting is the human practice of seeking, pursuing, capturing, or killing wildlife or feral animals. The most common reasons for humans to hunt are to harvest food (i.e. meat) and useful animal products (fur/ hide, bone/tusks, horn/antler, et ...
for storing game
A game is a structured form of play (activity), play, usually undertaken for enjoyment, entertainment or fun, and sometimes used as an educational tool. Many games are also considered to be work (such as professional players of spectator s ...
. A bear cache is often a structure that is more permanent, not to be confused with a bear canister
Bear-resistant food storage containers, also called bear canisters or bear cans, are usually hard-sided containers used by backpackers to protect their food from theft by bears. Bear canisters are seeing increased popularity in areas where bears ...
.
Designs
A makeshift cache can be made by hanging the food from a tree branch using rope, called a bear bag. The cache should be 100 metres/300 feet from the campsite and downwind if possible. To be effective, the food must be distanced from the branch, the trunk, and the ground. When a suitable tree is not available, hanging the food over a cliff is a possible alternative. In areas popular with both people and bears, permanent caches are often built. These include poles for hanging, steelcabinet
Cabinet or The Cabinet may refer to:
Furniture
* Cabinetry, a box-shaped piece of furniture with doors and/or drawers
* Display cabinet, a piece of furniture with one or more transparent glass sheets or transparent polycarbonate sheets
* Filing ...
s, and raised structures with removable ladders
A ladder is a vertical or inclined set of rungs or steps used for climbing or descending. There are two types: rigid ladders that are self-supporting or that may be leaned against a vertical surface such as a wall, and rollable ladders, such ...
.
Gallery
Sami
Acronyms
* SAMI, ''Synchronized Accessible Media Interchange'', a closed-captioning format developed by Microsoft
* Saudi Arabian Military Industries, a government-owned defence company
* South African Malaria Initiative, a virtual expertise net ...
bear cache, ''ájtte''.
File:Niliaitta.jpg, Traditional Finnish
Finnish may refer to:
* Something or someone from, or related to Finland
* Culture of Finland
* Finnish people or Finns, the primary ethnic group in Finland
* Finnish language, the national language of the Finnish people
* Finnish cuisine
See also ...
bear cache, ''patsasaitta''.
See also
*Bear attack
A bear attack is an attack by a bear on another animal, although it usually refers to a bear attacking a human or domestic pet such as a dog. Bear attacks are of particular concern for those who are in bear habitats. They can be fatal and often hi ...
*Bear danger
Bear danger is the risk encountered by humans and their pets or livestock when interacting with bears.
Although most bears are apex predators in their own habitat, most do not, under normal circumstances, hunt and feed on humans. Most bear attack ...
* Bear-resistant food storage container
*Backpacking with animals
Backpacking with animals is the use of pack animals, such as a horse, llama, goat, dog, or donkey to help carry the weight of a backpackers gear during an excursion. These animals need special considerations when accompanying backpackers on a t ...
References
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