Bears and overnight cooks

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Now you may be onto something with the mat (in Alaska people put a log or other object they can drive nails into in front of the doors of cabins when they are vacant for a time). Something similar might work around a smoker, that one could fairly easily remove for their convenience.
i saw that, theey had a DIY where nails and 2x4's were being used.. i can see if the smoker was placed on a cement slab, the "spike strip" so to speak could be bolted down onto the cement for an over night smoke and then easily unbolted in the a.m. just remember that you have them down when attempting to add wood or wear puncture resistant boots just in case..some of them sleepy exhausting night smokes you stagger out and arent fully awake yet to add wood and YIKES!! instant awakening! lol.
 
Now you may be onto something with the mat (in Alaska people put a log or other object they can drive nails into in front of the doors of cabins when they are vacant for a time). Something similar might work around a smoker, that one could fairly easily remove for their convenience.
i saw that, theey had a DIY where nails and 2x4's were being used.. i can see if the smoker was placed on a cement slab, the "spike strip" so to speak could be bolted down onto the cement for an over night smoke and then easily unbolted in the a.m. just remember that you have them down when attempting to add wood or wear puncture resistant boots just in case..some of them sleepy exhausting night smokes you stagger out and arent fully awake yet to add wood and YIKES!! instant awakening! lol.
Now that is a great idea and I think it would work. Also maybe some bells or something noisy on or near the smoker as an alert and a scare tactic.
 
Maybe just wait a few months until they are in hibernation and then try an overnight smoke.
Exactly, or any of the tips from the MN Dept of Resources, or electric shock, or anything to scare them away, but not the nails or spikes that can actually injure them. To much like Punji steaks, Bear traps, and other Booby Traps used in Vietnam!!  Just aint right---Not even to a Bear!!

Bear
 
Exactly, or any of the tips from the MN Dept of Resources, or electric shock, or anything to scare them away, but not the nails or spikes that can actually injure them. To much like Punji steaks, Bear traps, and other Booby Traps used in Vietnam!!  Just aint right---Not even to a Bear!!


Bear
Punji sticks is a bad example No one suggested coating bamboo with poison. A tightly grouped boundary of short nails won't harm a bear but it'll sure tell them to back off!
 
Were you there?

I said "To much like Punji steaks, Bear traps, and other Booby Traps used in Vietnam!! "

I don't consider Spikes being short nails.

You don't think spikes can hurt a bear more than just a warning?

Look up Vietnam "Bear Trap". Not all booby traps were the Punji stakes you heard or read about.

Bear
 
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I liked your other idea better about putting it in garage and having a exhaust fan. If your going to use guerrilla warfare tactics might as well throw a few claymores on a tripwire and post a sniper on duty. Just saying.
 
 
I liked your other idea better about putting it in garage and having a exhaust fan. If your going to use guerrilla warfare tactics might as well throw a few claymores on a tripwire and post a sniper on duty. Just saying.
 
In guerilla warfare, my money is on the bear.

Disco
 
Noise does not bother Yogi and Booboo  around here . I have been coming back from fishing at the reservoir behind my house and had bears on the path ,so here you are yelling at it and waving your arms and making all kinds of noise and what do they do but just look at you like you are nuts . I have come up on them when I was on my quad and all they do is sit and stare like they are daring you . I was on my Harley one morning a a small road and a bear was sitting on the road . You would think he would have move when he heard the bike ,load pipes and all ,but no .I sat there and waited till he decided to get out of the way . These animals are not scared of you or anything . A lot of people would take air horns with them when they would go out for a walk but found they were useless . The only thing that sometimes work to get them going are paintball guns .

PS Punji steak like deterrents are not cool .Dealt with that kind of stuff 44 years ago and would not do that to anyone or thing . Leave that kind of cr#p to mister Charles .
 
 
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That's the way our current bear visitors are here. The only thing that we did see that got their attention was a car driving by, which stopped to look at them. Momma and 2 cubs ran to our tree and were ready to go up it at just as the car moved on. We've got motion sensor flood lights and that doesn't even bother them. Shouting, etc as you mentioned does nothing but make them look at you like you are the idiot!

I really have no solution to in avoiding or deterring them while smoking overnight. There have always been bears around here but never actually in the neighborhood until last summer, so I just opt to "not tempt fate" if you will. 

I've also heard sometimes motion sensor sprinklers work, but personally I wouldn't count on that either.
 
Noise does not bother Yogi and Booboo  around here . I have been coming back from fishing at the reservoir behind my house and had bears on the path ,so here you are yelling at it and waving your arms and making all kinds of noise and what do they do but just look at you like you are nuts . I have come up on them when I was on my quad and all they do is sit and stare like they are daring you . I was on my Harley one morning a a small road and a bear was sitting on the road . You would think he would have move when he heard the bike ,load pipes and all ,but no .I sat there and waited till he decided to get out of the way . These animals are not scared of you or anything . A lot of people would take air horns with them when they would go out for a walk but found they were useless . The only thing that sometimes work to get them going are paintball guns .

PS Punji steak like deterrents are not cool .Dealt with that kind of stuff 44 years ago and would not do that to anyone or thing . Leave that kind of cr#p to mister Charles .
 
Exactly, and Welcome Home !!

I'll check with my Buddy who lives in a homemade log cabin in Potter County, PA. He has Bears there all the time, but he likes them being there. He helps the Game Protector trap them to treat them for ailments. He might know a few tricks. I know he had them walk under the ladder when he was up on it. And one time he heard a noise out back. He went to the door & looked through the peep hole, but couldn't see because the Bear was standing on his hind legs with his chest covering the peephole!!!

Last year he had a Momma Bear with 3 cubs, and one with 4 cubs!!!

Bear
 
Noise does not bother Yogi and Booboo  around here . I have been coming back from fishing at the reservoir behind my house and had bears on the path ,so here you are yelling at it and waving your arms and making all kinds of noise and what do they do but just look at you like you are nuts . I have come up on them when I was on my quad and all they do is sit and stare like they are daring you . I was on my Harley one morning a a small road and a bear was sitting on the road . You would think he would have move when he heard the bike ,load pipes and all ,but no .I sat there and waited till he decided to get out of the way . These animals are not scared of you or anything . A lot of people would take air horns with them when they would go out for a walk but found they were useless . The only thing that sometimes work to get them going are paintball guns .

PS Punji steak like deterrents are not cool .Dealt with that kind of stuff 44 years ago and would not do that to anyone or thing . Leave that kind of cr#p to mister Charles .
 
New Jersey bears with an attitude. Imagine that.
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Wow !! Who would have ever thought that the question of ,out of control wild life could get so many responses . What's weird about NJ ,well one of the many weird things about NJ ,is while it is way overpopulated by humans we  still have found room here for an overpopulation of bears . Who knows maybe it was a way to get out more votes for that thing we have in the White House . I digress .
 
 
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Where I live and this is going to sound crazy (because it is North West NJ) we have a bear problem . Our Yogi friends are usually active during night time hours when it comes to the destructive part but sometimes they will come through in the middle of the day just to say hello or like in my case a couple years ago turned over my new Weber gas grill and destroyed a very expensive cover . My question is when doing a cook over night how do you keep our furry friends from the grill seeing as how you have this tempting piece of meat just hanging out there . Last night bear hit my garbage because I had thrown old grill brush away . We all know better than to feed them and even when you lock up garbage in a shed they will rib the doors off to get to it . Does anyone else have this kind of problem and how do you do an all night cook ?
Exactly, and Welcome Home !!

I'll check with my Buddy who lives in a homemade log cabin in Potter County, PA. He has Bears there all the time, but he likes them being there. He helps the Game Protector trap them to treat them for ailments. He might know a few tricks. I know he had them walk under the ladder when he was up on it. And one time he heard a noise out back. He went to the door & looked through the peep hole, but couldn't see because the Bear was standing on his hind legs with his chest covering the peephole!!!

Last year he had a Momma Bear with 3 cubs, and one with 4 cubs!!!

Bear
Sctdg35,

As promised, I called that Buddy of mine. He said the only way he knows of without shooting them or hurting them is to put up an electric fence.

However a Bear will barrel right through a simple electric fence, like it's not even there, so you would have to hang some Tasty Bacon on the fence. This would cause them to touch the fence with a Paw, or better yet with his tongue. That should give him the hint.

Bear
 
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