Bears can be a problem in camps alright. That is a great story Brett.

Years ago, I had a camp on Mopang stream way up in the wilderness of Maine. Every year when I went to it, I found it a shambles because of bear looking for food or girlie magazines. Never left any food around, but, they have lived with humans long enough to know that it is worth a try. I told an old timer about my problem, and he says "Thats simple. bears have their own territory in their part of the woods, and they mark the boundries by stretching as high as they can on a tree, and raking the bark with their claws. If another bear invades this ones territory, he will either be bigger or smaller. If he is smaller, he cant reach that high, so, he leaves. If he is bigger, he will claw the tree ABOVE the first bears markings. When the resident comes by to check, if he sees claw marks higher than his, HE will leave. So, what you do is, take a step ladder and a steel rake, climb as high as you can and rake the hell out of the tree well above the bears markings. I did that, and there hasn't been a bear anywhere near that camp to this day.