[cherry]

no.....you play dead with a grizzly but you fight off a black bear....black bears along with cougars don't particularly want to actually fight...they will back off if they think you can harm them....that is just what I have learned from experts...I have no exp. with bear attacks...

[palmer]

You're right. My experience with black bears is they are skittish and run away after a one second mental processing delay.

[U S Army EOD]

I just looked up an interesting site that deals with this subject. The guy has about 30 or more years dealing with bear attacks. His conclusions are nothing really works, it is just basically you win or the bear wins.