Bear Bag Hanging

[CowHead]

when i carring my beer bag i perfer to keep it by my side
http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/bto/200...eerBagBlog.jpg

[Lone Wolf]

food and beer stays in the tent with me. i ain't hangin' nothin'. bear schmear

[TIDE-HSV]

Tim explained that they did this because then they could hear the bear and hurl rocks at it to scare it off.

My experience is that this method only works temporarily and they don't leave the area permanently. For example, I ran the bear that stole my wife's pack at Sheep Pen Gap off with rocks several times that day, but he came back at night and stole her (empty) pack. He stole empty packs habitually, but he'd probably had luck with some containing food in the past. A Ziplok with her drinking tube fell out on the ground. This bag had never had food in it or been near food. Nevertheless, he bit it several times - obviously habituation again...

Edit: I've read that even bear spray will not make them leave the area permanently...