To: Texan5
You pretty much summed up my first thoughts.
Scooting around on a noiseless bike certainly would resemble prey to a predator.
Carrying a hand gun in Canada is pretty much a no no, which leaves bear spray as the only option.
6 posted on
07/27/2025 6:46:55 PM PDT by
redfreedom
(Happiness is shopping at Walmart and not hearing Spanish once!)
To: redfreedom
I'm not an expert mind you but somehow the idea you're going to stop an animal that can weigh as much as 1,500 pounds and can run at a top speed of 35 mph for at least 200 to 300 with a can of pepper spray seems pretty ludicrous. I would think one would prefer something on the order of a Barrett .50 caliber.
20 posted on
07/27/2025 7:46:03 PM PDT by
jmacusa
( Liberals. Too stupid to be idiots.)
To: redfreedom
Fortunately in most states in the US we can carry-unless I’m in very familiar territory/woods, I do carry a pistol, as much for the threat of 2 legged predators as any 4 legged ones...
22 posted on
07/27/2025 7:50:05 PM PDT by
Texan5
("You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"... )
To: redfreedom
Alaska State Troopers don’t even bother asking about firearms unless they are arresting. They assume everyone has shotguns (12 gauge slugs for bears), rifles for bears and handguns for backup for bears. A shot in the air over a bear usually scares them anyway. Then there is wolves around your livestock on the farm.
30 posted on
07/28/2025 1:45:53 AM PDT by
BerryDingle
(I know how to deal with communists, I still wear their scars on my back from Hollywood-Ronald Reagan)
To: redfreedom
And in some places bear spray is prohibited.
31 posted on
07/28/2025 5:17:47 AM PDT by
Seruzawa
("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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