BEAR BARRELS AVAILABLE FOR RENT
BY OTHER SCOUT TROOPS OR YOUTH GROUPS

Troop 6 owns 17 Garcia Bear Barrels and is willing to rent them to other scout troops and youth groups which might want to use them. These barrels are recommended for use in wilderness areas with lots of bears. Some national forests and parks are requiring their use. They have been proven to be bear safe. They are made of a very tough smooth black plastic which does not allow a bear to get a grip on the barrel and is too large to fit in a bear's mouth.

See Boys' Life Magazine, April 2006, page 12. These barrels have been tested by filling them with apples and throwing them into a den of bears. The bears were unsuccessful in opening them up.

We will rent them for $2 per night. They include a strap designed to attach them to the outside of a backpack, but they fit nicely inside of most contoured frameless backpacks. They are numbered so it is easy for a scout to find "his" barrel.

Contact the scoutmaster of Troop 6, Richard Harris, at harrisri@aol.com or by phone at home at 423-253-6358, work 513-636-8610, cell 513-260-1184 or pager 513-736-1405. We can arrange a drop off and pick up in the Cincinnati area.