Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A: Dinner bells, hiker hamburger hail, afternoon-snack alarm--the bear bell is a bear-country souvenir store staple that gets a ...

If you're taking a bear bell into the backcountry, you're well within your right to know whether or not it will act as a deterrent. The last thing you want is to alert bears to your presence and have ...

For years, conventional wisdom has advised people to make noise to avoid dangerous surprises while traveling in Alaska bear country. For those who choose not to talk, sing, clap or bang on a cook pot, ...