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To: SJackson

Bear spray? How about do as the park folks did, carry a gun?! If I am out where there is potential bear, you bet I will have a gun.


7 posted on 06/01/2021 7:04:51 AM PDT by Reno89519 (Buy American, Hire American! End All Worker Visa Programs. Replace Visa Workers w/ American Wo)
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To: Reno89519

“If I am out where there is potential bear, you bet I will have a gun”

Back in the ‘90s I lived in Alaska. A guy was fishing on the Kenai alone. Apparently did not want to let the bear have the salmon he just hooked. The bear took offense. They guy pumped 6 .44’s into the bears chest with his pistol. Hikers heard the shots, saw the bear mauling the guy and called MediVac in Anchorage. The guy woke up 8 months later in hospital. Rangers found the bear dead ... 15 miles away.


25 posted on 06/01/2021 7:17:27 AM PDT by Bobibutu
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To: Reno89519

“Bear spray? How about do as the park folks did, carry a gun?! If I am out where there is potential bear, you bet I will have a gun.”

Best spray for camping in bear country is spray cans of yellow paint.

You rub the cans with bacon grease and place them around 100 yds in a circle from your camp.

Once the bear bites into the can (they do) they will instantly be covered in yellow paint(especially the head and mouth), and any interest in your camp will be gone.

Any full spray can will work, but yellow paint makes them easy to spot if you see them again.


29 posted on 06/01/2021 7:27:37 AM PDT by Beagle8U ("Jim Acosta pissed in the shallow end of the press pool.")
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