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I was thinking first step "avoid being attacked by bear "
Just dont be like those retard parents from CA who saw "BEAR REPELANT" on the can so while they were at Yosemite they sprayed their two children down head to toe and gave them second and third degree skin burns..... morons.
It's not what backpackers and hikers want to hear: The pepper spray they count on to scare off bears may actually attract the big beasts, like catnip does cats. A geological survey researcher Tom Smith discovered the attraction in November when he saw a bear rolling on a rope sprayed just a week earlier with powerful red-pepper extract. He was recording brown-bear activity near salmon streams in the Katmai National Park and PreserveKatmai National Park and Preserve (kăt`mī), at the northern end of the Alaska Peninsula on Shelikof Strait, S AlaskaIntrigued, Smith jumped from his observation post and sprayed the beach with the repelent Several bears approached the beach 40 times to paw and roll in the spray. "It's a 500-pound cat with a ball of catnip," Smith said. For those who spend a lot of time in bear country, this isn't good news. Pepper spray is considered by many to be a good alternative to carrying a powerful shotgun. Tests have shown that it will stop a charging bear if sprayed in the bear's eyes, nose and mouth. Nothing Smith found disputes those tests. But preventive uses of the spray - even spray residue on the can itself - can lure the huge, quick and potentially dangerous bears. On Sunday, an oil worker was killed by a brown bear that emerged from its winter den near the Kenai PeninsulaCounterassault of Bigfork, Mont., which first marketed the spray, isn't worried by Smith's findings, said general manager Pride Johnson, though some people mistakenly treat it like mosquito spray. "We've had some parents spray it on their children because it says bear repellent," Johnson said yesterday. The company has begun changing the wording on its packaging to bear deterrent instead of repellent. Smith suggested treating a used can like food, putting it in a bear-proof container, and keeping an unused can in the tent while camping. Smith said he plans more testing next summer - and he'll continue carrying the spray meanwhile. But the evidence so far has him confident he's on the right track. He has submitted what he found for publication in the Wildlife Society Bulletin. In the fall, he watched a float-plane pilot spray his pontoons in an effort to keep bears away. The next morning, the floats were chewed up. And a camper at Katmai told Smith he had sprayed a circle around his tent to keep brown bears away. "Little did we know this stuff was like mayonnaise on baloney," Smith said.
had the chance to use bear mase on a blackie in montana, worked great! he got within 15 yards then lowered his head and woofed a few times so we hit him square on with the whole can. He literally ran into four trees before making his escape, the only thing was the wind changed and we caught a little..... I cant describe the pain but it took several hours to get my full vision back. I stand behind mase and its only $40. Just dont be like those retard parents from CA who saw "BEAR REPELANT" on the can so while they were at Yosemite they sprayed their two children down head to toe and gave them second and third degree skin burns..... morons.
I liked the part about "fight back aggressively." Yeah, right.
If you're planning on taking a hike in the Cascades or walking around your Issaquah backyard, you may want to brush up on your bear attack survival skills.
i heard if you crap yourself they will think you are not fit to eat i love the siaga's
