I have 8 5-gallon buckets with lids to give away at Canoecopia. These are food grade and formerally held frosting. The lids are simple snap-on. I outfit these buckets with a gamma seal to use as a food barrel. One is great for an extended solo trip or ~ 5-day two person trip.

Email me if interested. I'm staying at the Clarion and we'll probably arrange pick up after show times in the Clarion lobby.

I need to get a new bucket. My gamma lid failed last year so I'm retiring the old bucket. I'll have to get a new gamma lid. I'll be at the Red Lake outfitters booth.

If you have any unclaimed buckets, I will take them off your hands.

I'll take one. Thanks. I can pick it up after the day on Friday or Saturday, or at the dinner at Angelos. Let me know.

For some reason my computer won't allow me to click on email icons to respond to any of you. If you can email me, please do and I send you my cell phome number so that we can connect at Copia.

Thanks.

Email sent.

Just a side question...how do you carry your buckets?

In a pack.

I have a canvas pack I think I got from Sportsmans Guide, probably military. The 5 gallon bucket with gamma seal lid fits perfectly. My saw fits in it as well, along with rain suit on top and has side and front pockets for a few additional small items. It serves as my food pack/second pack for soloing.

Thanks bannock

My pack is the brown one in the foreground with the pink BDBs. The bucket is inside the pack.

The bucket next to it is Jim/WI's with his pack zipped open. His pack is more modern but he also carry's his bucket in a similar method as me.

Thanks.

I have a bucket with the gamma seal lid. My husband, though, was trying to talk me into getting a container he saw at the pet store for pet food with a gamma seal lid. But I think the plastic is too thin and brittle. If I'm not going to have a real bear-resistant container, I at least want one that isn't going to crack if I drop it on a rock!

I've been using a Vittle Vault and stashing in the woods the last few years. Really like it as it's sturdy and holds all our food. There are a lot of threads on here about it and I think it was GeoFisher that had a video on his website that showed how he filled it and carried it. We've never had any problem with bears or critters . I just turn it on it's side and put in a #3 Duluth pack, with lots of spare room left in the pack.

I do use a Garcia Bear Vault that I put in a smaller backpack (think school bookbag size) for shorter trips. But when it's too small to hold the amount of food for longer trips, I don't hesitate to take the 5 gallon bucket. Never had any issues with it, bear or otherwise.