What should you do if a bear approaches your food storage area?

Follow bear guidance and keep your distance.

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  1. Follow bear guidance and keep your distance ✔
  2. Throw food toward it
  3. Try to pet it

Why: Managing food and following bear guidance helps prevent encounters and keeps you safer.

Huh, didn't know that: Managing food and following bear guidance helps prevent encounters and keeps you safer.

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Give a bear space, not a sandwich!
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Answer: Follow bear guidance and keep your distance. Managing food and following bear guidance helps prevent encounters and keeps you safer.

  1. Scouting America: Wilderness Survival www.scouting.org/merit-badges/wilderness-survival
    Preventing and Managing Bear Encounters
    Checked 2026-11-07.

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