Who cooks in the tent

[Smokinyotes]

With all the recent talk of bears and hunting in grizzly country im just wondering if many of you guys cook inside the tent.

We always have done all our cooking inside the tent and have only had a problem with a bear once. It came into the tent through the wall mid morning and ate whatever it wanted including my buddies thermo rest. I have a new tent coming next week and just thinking i dont want it torn to shreads.

[Kurt505]

I have a 7' awning out the front of my tent where I cook.

[Smokinyotes]

Very nice setup Kurt. What kind of tent.

[alpineguy]

Yup......always have. IMO if you don't leave your clothes outside and never have cooked in the tent before it really doesn't matter. Also you would.have to cook a long ways from your tent so as to not draw in a bear anyways.
I rely on my horses and their bells to keep them away and touch wood but never had an issue.
One last thing is the less humans that an area sees helps.keep the bears wild.

[Dweb]

Originally Posted by Kurt505

I have a 7' awning out the front of my tent where I cook.

That's a deadly set up , well done

[Battle Rat]

When space permits I will cook outside or in a separate tent.
The only bear I had that tried to get into my tent was one that had not been cooked in.
I also had camps ransacked but the cook tent left untouched.
A hot wire has worked and at least will give you a warning that trouble is around.
They move quickly and make noise when zapped.
In 30 years I've only had 4 problem ones in camp so I wouldn't sweat it too much.

[Battle Rat]

Oops, double post, sorry.

[Arty]

I'll cook in a trailer where I sleep because the air can be vented and surfaces scrubbed clean, but would keep a cooking/eating tent separate from a sleeping tent because the canvas absorbs all sorts of smells over time. Usually there's a bit more in an elevated (self built) trailer wall to discourage a bear too, compared to a tent wall at ground level. One time I experienced a substantial shaking of the trailer in the middle of the night which would have required a near-tornado force wind. But I never heard any wind in the trees. Makes you wonder.

Back in the Forest Service days, we had two or three guys to a wall tent with maybe six tents, a separate wash up area near the river, and a separate industrial trailer for cooking & eating. I think now that was as much due to bear concerns as it was to make life easier for the camp cook.

[Sooner]

Most of ours is done over the fire pit which is 20 ish ft away or the Coleman stove at the back of a tub trailer but every trip has at least one "stew or soup" night where the pot goes on the air tight and simmers for 3 hours. Come back from a cool evening and some awesome food is waiting to eat. But boy the tent smells like it would be a bear magnet.

Only had one bear investigate the tent but it was empty as we had just set it up and left it all closed up tight with the tarp to come back in 2 weeks. Some time in those 2 weeks we had a visitor. Couple claw mark repairs is all i had to do. Bought a bear tag for the rest of that season and never even seen a track near the tent.

[shunda2]

If you got horses around and guns around- go ahead. It's been done forever.

[Dean2]

Least of my worries would be cooking in the tent. Been doing it for years. Never had a bear come into the tent.

[Norwest Alta]

Originally Posted by Dean2

Least of my worries would be cooking in the tent. Been doing it for years. Never had a bear come into the tent.

Yes. My worries would be what's being cooked in the tent.

[Big Grey Wolf]

If bear decides to investigate he is coming in if you cook or not. Any kind of snacks etc will have him come in a tear things up. Much warmer to cook in tent have done it for years.

[guster]

cooked in tent and left it locked up on weekends while we were back in
town working. Left everything but guns and sleeping bags and never had a problem, this was years ago do not think I would do it now.

[last minute]

Who cooks in the tent

For me hell no way.

[Dubious]

I cook in the in my outfitters tent. Pizzas hams roasts chickens all in my wood burning stove. We were going to do a turkey last year but decided to make curry instead. Haven't had any issues yet. Can't see it being any different than game hanging in the trees close to camp. The only unwanted visitors we have had has been mice and people wanting to see where we get all the pizza from.

[elkamaniac]

Boiled some potatoes before bed for frying in morning,well Mr Skunk wanted them .Nobody moved to quick,let him take a potato and leave.Scary would have to had burn everything if he sprayed in there.He came back next night ,no potatoes just lead.

[waterninja]

Misread the OP's title, but in our tent I am ussually the camp cook, though there are no slackers in our hunting camp.

[Rock&Ice]

We only started cooking and eating in/near the wall tent since we got the bear fence. Otherwise keep cooking/eating 100 yards away from camp is the standard rule. Never had a bear in camp with either practice. 9000 volts is a good deterrent and without it I wouldn't have food in my tent.

[overhere]

A question? What do you guys use for bear fences?

[Smokinyotes]

Originally Posted by overhere

A question? What do you guys use for bear fences?

We have never put up an electric tent. Its just one more thing that needs to be packed in.

[cphunter]

I use a pack alarm
, they work well.

[Albertadiver]

Wall tent camping and winter camping yes.

During the summer backpacking, usually no.

[recce43]

minus 25 bloody right iam cooking in my tent

[Sooner]

Originally Posted by elkamaniac

Boiled some potatoes before bed for frying in morning,well Mr Skunk wanted them .Nobody moved to quick,let him take a potato and leave.Scary would have to had burn everything if he sprayed in there.He came back next night ,no potatoes just lead.

Skunks abound in the campground we stay at in Radium and have had them investigate your stall at night with no issue but never even considered them out hunting and sneaking inside the wall tent. Our food is outside in coolers so hopefully no visits inside.

Have to remember Pepe le pew next time