No, no. see you said “stop”, which other posters here say is the wrong terminology because it doesn’t physically stop the bear it just changes it’s behavior.
Even though we both knew what you meant.
“In 2008, BYU professor Tom Smith published a study titled”the efficacy of bear spray in Alaska. In 72 incidents, the spray stopped undesirable behavior 92% of the time for grizzlies(brown),90% of the time for black bears, and 100% of the time for polar bears.
In his database on bear spray use in Alaska, there are 40 cases when people sprayed charging bears. In 84% of those cases the bear turned away.”
That’s just one study of many. Please don’t try and tell me you know the difference between a bluff charge and and a full charge before the charge ends. That would just be stupid.
Here is how you know if it was a bluff charge or not; If the bear turns away, it was a bluff charge. If it keeps on coming, hit it with your empty pepper spray bottle! (Just before it makes you into a food cache.)
If you mentioned where you live, what your credentials are as an expert on bear, how and where you hunt and and any other information that might add to your credibility; I missed it.