Originally Posted by Beaver10

Does anyone really know if bear spray works? So many stats say, yes, it’s a great deterrent; where other reports say it’s not. Just curious. Since you all live amongst the big bears. What’s real and what’s BS? 😎



‘Bear country’ in Alaska is huge. So are the variables in conditions. Breeze or wind are a virtual certainty 99% of the time in some parts. Encroaching on a bear from downwind (favorable for lighting said bear up with spray) is very improbable. Even a 25 ACP has better odds of working correctly.


And sometimes they’re just there....

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They’re primarily olfactorily; we’re primarily visual, not a great overlapping sensory situation.

Sometimes, the air you 'let in'matters less than the air you 'let out'.