[Mercat]

Do you know how to tell the difference between grizzly scat and black bear scat?









bells and pepper spray in the grizzly scat.

[EdReform]

heh, heh... I've read that bells really don't work. As for bear pepper spray, I'll take it over nothing any day.

But I also agree ( as does one of the references I posted above - see reply 75 ) that it wouldn't hurt to have a gun as well, IF you feel you're capable of hitting a fast charging bear and IF you're premitted to carry one in the part of bear country you hike, camp, or live in.

[Bon mots]

Do you know how to tell the difference between grizzly scat and black bear scat?

bells and pepper spray in the grizzly scat.

...and small caliber handguns.