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Full Can of Bear Spray Used in Fatal Bear Attack
AmmoLand ^ | December 30, 2021 | Dean Weingarten

Posted on 01/04/2022 4:17:02 AM PST by marktwain

On April 15, 2021, Carl Mock was attacked by a grizzly bear, just outside of Yellowstone Park. Mock was an accomplished woodsman and guide. He did not have a firearm with him. He had bear spray.  He used the bear spray but was fatally injured.irected to Montana Fish and Wildlife Morgan Jacobsen, was able to determine bear spray had been used in the incident. Initially, the use of bear spray was reported as unknown by ktla.com:

Mock when attacked had bear spray — a Mace-like deterrent meant to protect against attacks — but officials said they did not know if he managed to use it. Bear spray canisters have safety tabs to prevent them from going off accidentally and the safety tab on Mock’s bear spray was off, Jacobsen said.

Eight months later, the investigation of the incident is over.

Ktvh.com reports the investigation confirms bear spray was used. Although the attack was fatal, the lead investigator, Hillary Cooley, is reported as characterizing the use of bear spray as helpful. From ktvh.com:

Cooley says the incident again shows the need for safety precautions, even close to town. While bear spray helped curtail this attack, carcasses can present a real hazard in grizzly country. 

Another report indicates the full can of bear spray was discharged in the incident. From gohunt.com:

Investigators say he had brought fishing gear and a camera to the closed campground and likely the surprised the grizzly bear around 3:30 p.m. He was able to discharge a full can of bear spray during the attack and call 911 to report where he was. 

The full investigative report makes clear the bear spray was deployed against the grizzly bear during the attack.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; US: Montana
KEYWORDS: banglist; bear; bearattack; bearspray; grizzly; grizzlybear; mock
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To: marktwain

Hangry bear vs bear spray? You gonna lose.


61 posted on 01/04/2022 6:59:04 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: marktwain

I’m carrying both gun and spray!


62 posted on 01/04/2022 6:59:10 AM PST by Tommy Revolts
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To: marktwain

63 posted on 01/04/2022 7:11:17 AM PST by jpsb
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To: Iowa Granny; Ladysmith; Diana in Wisconsin; JLO; sergeantdave; damncat; phantomworker; joesnuffy; ..
Outdoors/Rural/wildlife/hunting/hiking/backpacking/National Parks/animals list please FR mail me to be on or off . And ping me is you see articles of interest. tvh.com reports the investigation confirms bear spray was used. Although the attack was fatal, the lead investigator, Hillary Cooley, is reported as characterizing the use of bear spray as helpful

Not my idea of helpful. Hillary is the a grizzly coordinator, so the question of helpful to who enters my mind. A more detailed discussion of the aftermath below. The attack was ruled defensive, the bear acting in defense of a moose carcass. He was killed a few days later when he attacked a team trying to scare him from the area.

Grizzly fatal: Bear likely defending carcass before attack

64 posted on 01/04/2022 7:27:36 AM PST by SJackson (I just think COVID is God's gift to the left, Jane Fonda)
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To: marktwain

This also shows why “less lethal” self defense measures (electronic & chemical restraints, impact weapons) are a lesser option to unabashedly lethal weapons. Because some attackers won’t be deterred by anything short of death.


65 posted on 01/04/2022 7:39:13 AM PST by Paal Gulli
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To: Roccus; hollywood12345; Chickensoup
In no way disagreeing about the .22, I'd stay home, but you might find the article below interesting. Seven uses of a .22, six effective. Still not a good idea.

https://www.ammoland.com/2021/06/handgun-or-pistol-against-bear-attacks-104-cases-97-effective/#axzz7H15y1jTD

66 posted on 01/04/2022 7:42:30 AM PST by SJackson (I just think COVID is God's gift to the left, Jane Fonda)
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To: BiteYourSelf

Don’t need or want running shoes.

No running!!!

Just back away.....slowly.

The bear will go toward the writhing, screaming and scent of blood.


67 posted on 01/04/2022 7:42:38 AM PST by Roccus (First we beat the Nazis........Then we defeated the Soviets........Now, we are them.)
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To: Chickensoup; hollywood12345

See my #67


68 posted on 01/04/2022 7:47:54 AM PST by Roccus (First we beat the Nazis........Then we defeated the Soviets........Now, we are them.)
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To: aMorePerfectUnion

You want a wing-dog for bear country, look up “Aksaray malaklisi”


69 posted on 01/04/2022 8:01:20 AM PST by HKMk23 (The right of freedom of religion shall not be derogated even if the life of the nation is at stake.)
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To: marktwain

Same idiotic logic leftists use over vax

These people are truly deranged

Bear spray was helpful....

My ass

As one who used to hike without a firearm in grizzly country .....I feel fortunate...I was quite close to a fatal bear attack in east glacier area in 78


70 posted on 01/04/2022 8:05:37 AM PST by wardaddy (Do we really think a culture vested in transgenderism can defeat 6000 years of mankind so easily...)
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To: HKMk23

Beautiful dog, but the Karelian is faster than a griz and fearless.


71 posted on 01/04/2022 8:05:49 AM PST by aMorePerfectUnion (Fraud vitiates everything ᡕᠵ᠊ᡃ࡚ࠢ࠘ ⸝່ࠡࠣ᠊߯᠆ࠣ࠘ᡁࠣ࠘᠊᠊ࠢ࠘𐡏⁻ )
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To: Caipirabob

Especially, the new honey flavored spray!


72 posted on 01/04/2022 8:21:40 AM PST by SgtHooper (If you remember the 60's, YOU WEREN'T THERE!!)
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To: Caipirabob

“It’s a Floor Wax AND a Bear Spray!”


73 posted on 01/04/2022 8:22:29 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: SJackson

Thanks for that informative link!

What a terrible way to go.


74 posted on 01/04/2022 8:27:04 AM PST by gloryblaze
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To: Mr Ramsbotham
The victim would have been killed much deader if he hadn't used it.

Just like the vax then.

75 posted on 01/04/2022 8:29:14 AM PST by .30Carbine
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To: kanawa

He should have had a pocket knife.


76 posted on 01/04/2022 9:13:08 AM PST by Rebelbase
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To: SauronOfMordor

I one time asked the brother of a friend when I was but a Yute why he carried a little .25 acp instead of something larger, saying that wouldn’t kill anyone.

His reply was something I never forgot. “I know it won’t kill them, but it sure as hell gives you the advantage in the fist fight that follows.”


77 posted on 01/04/2022 9:21:04 AM PST by Abathar (Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
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To: marktwain

I don’t get in to Bear country but if I did it would be with a Semiauto 12gage slug shotgun.


78 posted on 01/04/2022 9:39:56 AM PST by Rappini (Compromise has its place. It's called second.)
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To: marktwain
Hard to know, but he probably bought into the idea that bear spray is more effective at stopping attacks than firearms.

I believe most outdoorsmen do not buy the idea that bear spray is more effective than firearms. Some might buy into the idea that bear spray has sufficient effectiveness in deterring bear attacks. This might be the opinion that this guy once held. If you can ask him now, I bet he would say he is convinced of bear spray's relative ineffectiveness.

Caliber is far less important than most think.

I was watching a documentary on polar bears and some group was going into a polar bear hotspot. The Canadian government required an armed First Nation's guide to accompany every group. As the group prepared to leave their boat and go ashore, the video showed the guide loading the rifle and you could see the ammo box - it was a .243 Winchester! In the right hands, it will get the job done but there sure is no margin for error. Personally, I'd want something with a lot more power, like a .300 magnum minimum, for something as big and predatorial as polar bears can be.

79 posted on 01/04/2022 10:00:31 AM PST by CommerceComet ("You know why there's a Second Amendment? In case, the government forgets the first." Rush Limbaugh )
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To: CommerceComet
From what I am reading, polar bears are not as determined as attackers as grizzly bears are.

There have been several accounts where the bear is wounded and then runs off.

I suspect most polar bear attacks are predatory rather than territorial.

80 posted on 01/04/2022 10:12:03 AM PST by marktwain (Amazing people can read a persons entire personality and character from one photograph.)
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