I videoed this boat inspector while camping this week at Meziadin Lake (very close to Hyder Ak). Not my boat

https://youtu.be/xwgennOuM8c?si=X00OUTNbDKk6m_W2

If you’re looking for an inflatable boat I’d say that’s the brand to go with.

I can recall four instances of people I know having their inflatable boats chewed up by coastal brown bears. They seem to have interest in rubber, plastic, and fiberglass. One guys rubber boat was spared by the bears preference for the outboard motor cowling. LOL.

AND they love hot tub covers. 6 in six years, I need to put up a camera on the deck!

Lol.....good vid. I was waiting the whole time thinking it would bite and deflate the Zodiac. .... Lol


I knew of a Maine master guide who ran a hunting camp. Nice outfit. Well run. Jackman , ME area. He would run bait out for bears using a quad. He would leave his quad deep in the woods sometimes to make it easier to run bait than loading it back up on the truck for every occasion. The locals would see his quad in the woods , but leave it alone as they knew who owned it in their small community.

One day going to his quad , he found huge bear prints ( ripped holes in the seat ) , clearly to anyone it was done by a bear..There was bait spilled here and there on the quad from 5gal buckets carrying bait causing a bear to investigate and climb a bit on the machine and lick bits off of it.

Funny thing it was a Yamaha Big Bear quad.

I told him to contact Yamaha, I bet they would give him at least a new seat or even a new quad for the publicity.

Cool interaction with wildlife.