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Carrying Deet with a Bearvault


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    Steven Paris
    BPL Member

    @saparisor

    Locale: Pacific Northwest

    I'm probably using picardin anyway, but the red label on top of a Bearvault has a warning "No Deet in or on Bearvault." I assume that's b/c it degrades the plastic.

    Are animals (those most likely to be attracted to items we carry) attracted to something like Deet?

    Just curious . . .

    #1624238
    Bob Gross
    BPL Member

    @b-g-2-2

    Locale: Silicon Valley

    I've seen black bear claw holes in a plastic DEET bottle, so they are curious about it up until the point that they lick it.

    –B.G.–

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    Sarah Kirkconnell
    BPL Member

    @sarbar

    Locale: Homesteading On An Island In The PNW

    BV's are made of polycarbonate so yes it can be degraded.

    I really would not worry about animals getting into DEET. It is nasty stuff!

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    Steven Paris
    BPL Member

    @saparisor

    Locale: Pacific Northwest

    Not so worried about it, more a hypothetical question. If one has gone through the trouble to bring a food cannister, but doesn't put a bottle of Deet in it, would the bottle of Deet lure an animal to a campsite? Should it be put into some other container like an aloksak?
    Just curious b/c I had not read the BearVault label until recently.

    Edit: it IS pretty nasty, isn't it?

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    Sarah Kirkconnell
    BPL Member

    @sarbar

    Locale: Homesteading On An Island In The PNW

    Lets put it this way…..in the PNW though the bugs can be bad I don't use it. If something eats through fabric and plastic I don't want it on ME ;-)

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    Denis Hazlewood
    BPL Member

    @redleader

    Locale: Northern California

    Deet does not seem to attract bears. And… I certainly don't want it anywhere near my food storage.

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