I spent a lot of time out in Glacier and Yellowstone Parks recently. The rangers teach that for bear safety, that bear spray will save them! And that bear spray is 90 some odd per cent effective.
When the bear spray doesn't work, then take a defensive position like this guy did and get mauled......
Although I saw no hunting information while I was there, the FEDS in the national parks did NOT want anybody shooting their bears. I am SURE the average hunter carries bear spray and would pull it first based on what is taught.
There was a recent story from Alaska where the older guys in a group got knocked down by a charging bear. A teenager had a shotgun loaded with bird shot (I think I remember) and he killed the charging bear. Bird shot at close range is much more effective than you might think.
After one of the drive down Muslim terrorist attacks on infidels, the London police put out this guidance.
Sometimes gubermint guidance is not what a thinking person would want to do. They figure the average sheeple will do what they are taught but not ALL of us think that way. FORTUNATELY.
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This European guidance modified for America.
