Never bring a can of bear spray to a bong fight.

Without the bear spray she might easily have been willing to take the time to finish the job, it's the best investment in the world if you like to walk in the woods (bears are common in rural Canada, sometimes even in small cities if people are feeding them). I've only run into black bears and never had an issue, a grizzly with cubs charging me would be a life flashing before your eyes moment I think.

Read this if you want an idea of the right actions to take in different situations, might come in handy some day!

http://www.bearsmart.com/play/bear-encounters/

But that's not what I was told a bear would do! I guess if you're going hiking in bear country you should bring that bear spray. It's supposed to work but I don't know how well.

Bear spray - never leave home without it

Interesting. I spent a little over a month living in a tent doing field work in remote alaska and had a few grizzly encounters. I would definitely not felt safe with bear spray, but that report suggests that maybe it would have been useful after all. We didn't even take any spray, just a shotgun and revolver, both with bear rounds.

>> ^rychan:

>> ^residue:
I don't think bear spray would stop a grizzly
>> ^rychan:
Hmm... I wonder if they were armed. It would help my composure a _little_ to know that I had some bear spray and a high caliber gun.


That was my intuition as well, but bear spray is actually very effective:
www.fws.gov/mountain-prairie/species/mammals/grizzly/bear%20spray.pdf
Much more effective than a gun, even (because it's hard to miss, and it's instantly debilitating to a bear).

I guess you're trying to be sarcastic, but it is recommended you keep bear spray within arm's reach while in grizzly country.

>> ^ghark:

>> ^rychan:
Hmm... I wonder if they were armed. It would help my composure a _little_ to know that I had some bear spray and a high caliber gun.

I always keep bear spray in my front pocket.

>> ^residue:

I don't think bear spray would stop a grizzly
>> ^rychan:
Hmm... I wonder if they were armed. It would help my composure a _little_ to know that I had some bear spray and a high caliber gun.



That was my intuition as well, but bear spray is actually very effective:
www.fws.gov/mountain-prairie/species/mammals/grizzly/bear%20spray.pdf

Much more effective than a gun, even (because it's hard to miss, and it's instantly debilitating to a bear).

I don't think bear spray would stop a grizzly
>> ^rychan:

Hmm... I wonder if they were armed. It would help my composure a _little_ to know that I had some bear spray and a high caliber gun.

>> ^rychan:

Hmm... I wonder if they were armed. It would help my composure a _little_ to know that I had some bear spray and a high caliber gun.


I always keep bear spray in my front pocket.

Hmm... I wonder if they were armed. It would help my composure a _little_ to know that I had some bear spray and a high caliber gun.

A short list of people or invisible omni-beings to blame:
Nigerian Muslims
Allah
International drug cartels
Wall Street insiders
Gumby
Vampirella
Department of Homeland Security
FAA
Delta, for not arming all airline employees with tasers, bear-spray, and mandatory Krav Maga lessons and semi-annual proficiency evaluations.
Ghost of Mohamed

Have you considered bear spray? I don't know the legality of using it on humans off hand, or if it's available in sizes that are feasible to carry, or if it won't produce a hydraulic needle effect - but it's much more potent.