[mkmensinger]

As I recall, you should wear bells to scare the bear off. /s

[LukeL]

The story is that you use pepper spray on black bears, and bells on brown bears. Want to tell the difference between black bear poop and brown bear poop? Black bear poopy is peppery and brown bear poop will have bells in it.

[Tennessee Nana]

Silly

bang 2 sticks together...

Didnt you ever see The Parent Trap when you were a kid ???

[magslinger]

Don’t forget how to identify grizzly scat.

[dearolddad]

As I recall, you should wear bells to scare the bear off. /s

In my case a model 94 Winchester 30/30 solved my problem nicely.