When he yelled for her to hit the bear with the frying pan, it should have been a tip off that they were in trouble. I would hesitate to attack a bear with anything smaller than at least a high powered rifle, much less a frying pan.
A frying pan will only make him very testy. These idoits saunter off to seek encounters with animals that are jolly unpredictable and act surprised when the critters behave like, well, wild critters.