Posted on 07/22/2022 4:41:30 AM PDT by marktwain
Nearly 20 years ago, there was a well-documented bear spray failure in Russia. A world-famous bear researcher, Vitaly Nikolayenko, was killed by a bear only two months after Timothy Treadwell and his girlfriend, Amie Huguenard were killed and partially consumed by a bear or bears in Alaska. Nikolayenko was half-eaten.
All the bears involved were variations of the brown bear, also known as the European brown bear, grizzly bear, or Kodiak bear.
Treadwell disdained any type of defensive weapon. Nikolayenko had bear spray and a flare gun. When Nikolayenko was late in reporting, a search team, including his long-time friend, Victor Rebrikov, found his body and evidence the spray was ineffective. From the archive of boston.com:
“Vitaly must have begun to take pictures of the resting bear, but the tree trunks and branches were in the way, and he must have decided to get inside the grove. His footprints lead into the grove after the bear. He approached the bear at a distance of three meters,” Rebrikov said.
A large swath of orange pepper spray indicates Nikolayenko tried to defend himself, and a flare gun was lying next to the body, unfired. Half his body had been consumed.
His camera was broken and bloody nearby. The film has not yet been developed. The researcher’s wife, Tatiana Nikolayenko, had spent most of last week trying to find a helicopter flight to bring her husband home in time for the New Year’s holiday.
Nikolayenko did not view the bears as harmless as Treadwell did; he understood they were dangerous. Still, his methods of research were similar to Treadwell’s eco-adventurism; he approached the bears at very close range and depended on their tolerance
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And check the fine print.
Don't buy bear spray if it says "Do not use on actual bears."
The only good bear is a dead bear. Same with commies.
You are correct, but it is also a bias with firearms use. If out in the wilds of Alaska, many people just shoot the bear and walk away, or it is reported as a legal hunting kill, if at all.
Collecting data on these events is difficult.
Most of the data in bear spray studies was collected from park rangers harrassing bears to move them away from a camp site.
The polar bear spray incidents were from park rangers in a vehicle spraying two juvenile polar bears to get them to move.
That is what the polar bear numbers are based on.
“Don’t buy bear spray if it says “Do not use on actual bears.”
Bear spray also has an expiration date of about a year and it’s not cheap. I wonder how many people are walking around with inactive spray. I found an old can of FOX brand pepper stray I had for about 4 years. I sprayed some in the air and took a wiff, it did nothing. Same thing with a new can left me choking.
I believe in LEAD bear spray.
“I believe in LEAD bear spray.”
An accurate STREAM of lead is better than a spray.
I prefer a spay of .45-70 with 500 grain solid cast Hammerheads.
Just a program note:
Bears don't care if they kill you before they start eating.
Ruger Super Redhawks in 454 Casull are handy to have around. A 45-70 Marlin Guide Gun with 405gr hardcast is handy also. They are good on velociraptors too. Don’t leave home without it.
#19 This is what happens when a bear sees itself in the mirror first thing in the morning...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9riJiwx6UFQ
Here is a story about Freeper kanawa, who saved his dog who was in the mouth of a bear, by jumping on the bears back and stabbing the bear repeatedly in the neck with a 15cm buck hunting knife ( black handle model).
This actually happened.
Man (Freeper kanawa) stabs bear to death
The Record.com ^ | Jul 22, 2006 | MELINDA DALTON
Posted on 07/22/2006 5:30:03 PM PDT by kanawa
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1670661/posts
Thats way too close. The bear is looking at him and seeing a skin bag full of meat.
When large carnivores like bears and cougars shift into kill gear, they do not even realize they are injured until their body shuts down.
The City Commissioner I spoke about was also walking his dog.
The dog got slight injuries, but the CC got bear jaws clamped around his head.
When you’re really hungry, pepper spray is as good a seasoning as any other.
When you’re really hungry, pepper spray is as good a seasoning as any other.>>>>>>>>>>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wj7Z5oMWuIU
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