Tom Smith, Professor at BYU, one of the most quoted proponents of bear spray, said as much in a Sports Afield article in 2012. He said that it would be foolish to drop a rifle to attempt to obtain pepper spray, while being charged
No criticism of Professor Smith, but one would think this is so obvious as to not need saying.
No criticism of Professor Smith, but one would think this is so obvious as to not need saying.
There are multitudes of people, many of them hunters, who will say that bear spray is so much better at stopping bears, that bear spray should have been used.
It is all based on fake science.
http://gunwatch.blogspot.com/2014/10/wybear-spray-v-bullets-flaws-in-studies.html