Birds, squirrels, chipmunks, raccoons, deer and more. They look cute, but when your back is turned, watch. They can easily walk around your food. Although many of these animals are small, they pack a large, strong bite, and their sharp teeth can cut through anything, their sharp claws can open most boxes and containers.
I lost a fleece squirrel's jacket, leaving it on our half-day picnic table with a few pieces of nuts in my pocket. This squirrel ate her way through my zipper to get to my pocket and eat nuts.
We also had the fact that we had invaded containers with raccoon protection. The lids were torn apart and broken off, and one meal during the day became a buffet for a family of raccoons.
Even some types of food coolers are easily broken into bears. With crafty paws, sharp teeth and no desire to stop at anything to grope your food, the only way to protect animals from your food and containers is either to hang your food, or even better when you are camping with your family, keep your food in your house when you are not in your campsite.
Even dry food that is sealed in containers or zipper bags can attract wild animals. Their sense of smell is much greater than the smell of a person and even sealed food can be easy prey for them.
Do not store your food inside the tent. You risk losing your tent in the wild if they really need a sample. These animals can break the fabric, break through the lightning, and stop almost nothing to get to your big-smelling food.
Our best advice is to keep your food in large containers and coolers that you bought with you at the campsite. Just bring food for meals and snacks. When you leave your campsite for a long time, place your food containers inside your car. And never leave open food or any food on your picnic table, eat a table, inside your tent, or just lay around your campsite if you don't want it to disappear. If you do this, you will attract more animals, as their website will be easy prey.
Some coolers are more resistant to the bear than others, and if your cooler is very big and heavy, you can get it and leave it at night. It also depends on how friendly the bear is, where you are at the campsite. If there are bears in this area, I would not leave my cooler in case.
Protect your food, protect food containers and keep animals at a safe distance from your campsite. They look cute, but don't mind stealing your food. Do not leave food after meals, store all your food in containers and place these containers inside your car for a long time away from your campsite.
Happy camping!
