How 'bout a firestick, instead?
Yeah, this guy is completely clueless about how to defend himself from a wild animal attack. He must be one of those "let's get back to nature" freaks. I'm from the Southwest Virginia mountains, where we have all kinds of potentially dangerous critters, such as the occasional mountain lion, black bears, bobcats, feral dogs (which run in packs), and coyotes. Needless to say, whacking an attacker with a stick while singing Kum-ba-ya will not make any appreciable impression upon said attacker. "Bang" sticks are definitely the way to go if you want to survive an encounter...