Originally Posted by las
According to a biologist I know, "bears are perfectly safe as long as you keep them at least a quarter inch away from your skin"

Who can argue with that? smile

I do quesion the intelligence of people carrying pointy sticks as a weapon in bear country. I do not consider "bear spray" as anything more than a feel-good hope...... The human voice and an aggressive human attitude (as well as a few brains) is probably more effective.


Stumbling into a bear in tight cover can lead to a bad situation quickly. Probably too quickly for anything to be deployed. But such encounters are usually as much of a surprise to the bears. I have been in a large number of situations where a condiment spritz could convince some folks it actually worked. But I am not a believer because nothing happened without the spray... and because of the times when it was used and failed.

Mark Begich, Joaquin Jackson, and Heller resistance... Three huge reasons to worry about the NRA.