Building Backcountry meat poles in bear country

[matechakeric]

How do you keep your meat out of the reach of grizzlies in the backcountry after you've field dressed the carcass and are making more than 1 trip out?

Is this a realistic method?

 

[Southern Elk]

I’ve always just thrown a rope over a limb.

 

[kwyeewyk]

I like it, the reality checks I see are having proper poles available, and you need a saw or ax to really cut to size so unless you're like @wllm and always carry a tactical hatchet might have to improvise. Also seems like they often die just before dark, not sure I'd want to try to set up in the dark, but it seems like a worthwhile method to keep in mind if the situation is right.

 

[matechakeric]

I’ve always just thrown a rope over a limb.

Man, that's some limb to support 50+ pounds. Most of the pine limbs I've found in the area are crooked right by the trunk and would really sag with that much weight

 

[Southern Elk]

Man, that's some limb to support 50+ pounds. Most of the pine limbs I've found in the area are crooked right by the trunk and would really sag with that much weight

I guess it depends on where you’re hunting then.

 

[Deleted member 20812]

I guess it depends on where you’re hunting then.

The subalpine is a bitch. Lodgepole or Doug fir forest provide better options.

 

[Irrelevant]

How do you keep your meat out of the reach of grizzlies in the backcountry after you've field dressed the carcass and are making more than 1 trip out?

Is this a realistic method?

I feel like an incredible idiot for not thinking of this before. Two years ago I literally trying to build a long ass level arm, that failed (I blame faulty materials), then a ladder to build a platform. this would have been way easier, faster, and more effective. lodgepole forest is definitely the best area to implement.