If the pepper doesn't deter them, the follow-up slugs will.
Posted on 10/11/2023 7:39:18 AM PDT by marktwain
Early reports are two dedicated hikers and campers, Doug Inglis and Jenny Gusse, his wife, and their dog, have been killed by a grizzly bear in a remote part of Banff National Park in Canada. At least one empty can of bear spray was found at the scene. From Calgary Herald.com:
From what he was told by Parks Canada officials, it appears the attack began when the couple were in their tent, where they would have typically been poring over e-readers with Tris by their side, Colin said.
“Their tent was crushed and their e-readers were open, they were both discovered in their stocking feet,” he said.
It also appeared one of both of them might have left their tent and fought the bear to the end, he added.
“One can of bear spray had been fully discharged but this bear was not to be deterred,” Colin said.
“It’s possible one was on the outside trying to fend off the bear while the other was in the tent sending the message.”
He was also told the response team encountered the same grizzly believed to be responsible for the deadly attack, and were forced to shoot it.
“In their words, the bear was intent on killing them.”
Colin Inglis told the CBC that the couple had messaged him throughout the trip via a Garmin inReach. On the evening of the attack, he received a message saying the two were setting up camp. But later that evening, Colin Inglis received an SOS message from the two. “The message said ‘Bear attack bad,’” he told the CBC.
Colin Inglis said rescuers found two empty canisters of bear spray in the couple’s campsite.
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No food in tent. It appears they were scrupulous about food.
Pretty clearly a predatory attack.
To bears its apparently like McIlhenney tobasco sauce. 🤔
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Yes, I missed the national park part, but MtnClimber’s statement was that being in Canada removed any option to carry a firearm. Being in Canada does not stop you from passing a shotgun. Being in a Canadian national park does, unless if unloaded etc.
Possessing, not passing.
Well, I guess they lost the luck lottery then. Very sad.
Luckily in America we have other options. I’m sticking with my Glock 20 loaded with Buffalo Bore 220 gr ammo.
On Tuesday, Parks Canada said the bear likely responsible was a female grizzly more than 25 years old and in “fair body condition,” with poor teeth and less body fat than usual for this time of year.
It wore no collar or tags and wasn’t known to federal officials, said the agency, which is subjecting the animal to a necropsy to confirm it was responsible for the attack.
If the pepper doesn't deter them, the follow-up slugs will.
Hey. That’s a good idea. I need to get me some of them.
Sounds like the movie “Back Country”
No bear spray does not work very well on predatory bears of all types.
It works half way decent as a harassment tool if the bear is not intent on harming you.
On bears intent on eating you or in tent on harming you it not very effective.
Stats say otherwise.
Unfortunately bear spray was their only legal option other than a knife under the right circumstances.
No firearms (or hunting) in Canadian parks. If the firearm is legal you can transit the park with it in your car.
Isn’t both a risky proposition? Bear charges are so fast that you would have no time to fire the spray, drop the canister, unholster your sidearm, and shoot. You have time for one or the other.
Not in a national park, though if the firearm was legal they could transit the park with it.
OK. But they were hiking, not camping in their car so really no way to REALLY defend themselves. They may have been totally anti-gun, but it does not seem they had any workable defense option except the spray.
There are some pretty good YouTubers on this very subject. I’d recommend watching them. I carry a 44mag usually. I give the spray to my wife. We always stay together in the woods.
Be that as it may bear spray will usually (90%) deter a bear. If you don’t hit the bear in the right place guns don’t work either.
In Canada, you’re correct. The long gun exemption is for transiting the park, so even camping in the park it would be illegal. I’m assuming that like states in the US with similar restrictions, transiting doesn’t allow you to stop.
Show us the stats. The papers done by Herrero and Smith, in the Journal of Wildlife Management, are not persuasive. They appear to be a classic case of selection bias.
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