[safety] Bear spray a viable alternative to guns for deterring bears
Remember it isn’t a repellant. Bears will eat canoes, planes, sleeping bags that have been sprayed with pepper spray. http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-03/byu-bsa032508.php Bear spray a viable alternative to guns for deterring bears, BYU study shows Concerned about hikers’ and campers’ persistent doubts that a small can of liquid pepper spray could stop half a ton of claws, muscle and teeth, BYU bear biologist Thomas S. Smith and colleagues analyzed 20 years of bear pepper spray incidents. They report in the April issue of the Journal of Wildlife Management that spray effectively halted aggressive bear behavior in 92 percent of the cases. 3/24/2008
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