Quote Originally Posted by roadie gal View Post
They will peel open a car if they smell food. Yosemite is notorious for that. Put everything in a bear box if you can.
Thanks...I think this is mainly what I was asking about. I've read this about California in particular...just the sheer numbers of people in bear country, I guess. Camping around here, we just use the normal precautions...hang food away from camp, no food in tents, no cooking right near tents, etc. Honestly, when we use bear cans around here, it is usually for the raccoons more than anything. (although my nephew was foolish enough to sleep with food in his tent and was awakened in the night with a bear's head inside the tent doorway!)