Bear spray test

[hoarder]

Grizzly attack this weekend. Bear spray deployed.

http://missoulian.com/lifestyles/rec...c21392e46.html

[crimethink]

Grizzly attack this weekend. Bear spray deployed.

http://missoulian.com/lifestyles/rec...c21392e46.html

His pistol was useless, too:

Sommer then grabbed his pistol and turned to confront the bear.

"It bit my thigh, ran his claws through my wrist and proceeded to attack my head," Sommer recalled Tuesday.

He still had his pistol in his hand and was going to shoot the bear in the neck when it swatted his arm down, Sommer said.

"Just like that it stopped. He stopped biting me, he got up and started to run away," said Sommer, who splits his time among Idaho, Missouri and Florida.

[hoarder]

I imagine there are times when having a dog would help. You would be alerted a second or two earlier, giving you time to draw. But sometimes a dog will walk ahead and get into trouble with a predator and when chased, run home to daddy, bringing him to you.

[Hitch]

Grizzly attack this weekend. Bear spray deployed.

http://missoulian.com/lifestyles/rec...c21392e46.html

Thanks hoarder. From the article, the bear spray used by his buddy saved the guy's life. It initially slowed down the charge by the bear, then while he was getting mauled, his buddy used the spray and it chased the bear away before the bear could kill him.

It sounds like bear spray works and has it's uses, though I think a combo of spray and pistol would be ideal. That's what I intend to use, spray and a pistol as a backup when in bear country.

[hoarder]

It's not uncommon for bears to maul and run, so it's uncertain that the mace did it. Sure didn't hurt.

[Hitch]

It's not uncommon for bears to maul and run, so it's uncertain that the mace did it. Sure didn't hurt.

Roger that. Also, when the bear first charged, the spray didn't stop it, though slowed it down. Shows the adrenaline in a bear charge. I tend to think now this bear spray is more of a deterrent, not a life safety tool.

[cheka.]

no bears for many of us - how effective is it on negroes?

[Neuro]

no bears for many of us - how effective is it on negroes?

You should get out of liability if you glue a label over the bear spray can that says negrorepellant, and you claim you bought it in good faith.

[crimethink]

no bears for many of us - how effective is it on negroes?

Relatively docile Niggers? Probably works fine. Niggers on PCP? Useless.

[hoarder]

To revive the subject of bears, we had an interesting incident about 60 miles from me. Fool animal lover tried to rescue injured big Black Bear.

http://missoulian.com/news/local/bea...16a8861cf.html

Tribal officer shot and killed it. The Feds don't seem to bother the Injun reservations, so lots of things there are handled sensibly. On the "rez", every gas station seems to sell guns and ammo.