"How to use bear spray", by the CBC

[Ohwildwon]

Way to mislead the public. No chance against a Bear intent on protecting its young or kill...

SPRAY: Simple advice for using bear repellent in a can

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/britis...pray-1.4784095

[S.W.A.T.]

"To his knowledge".......

How about "to my knowledge a 12g is far more effective then flavoring a bears dinner "

[Jack Russell]

Love the acronym - "A" is for build A wall hahahaha.

Everybody has bear spray he says, but nobody knows how to use it. Doesn't bear spray come with instructions by the manufacturer?

[Big Lew]

He forgot the most important step....ask the charging bruin to stop and wait while
you get your can of spray out, take off the safety pin, and aim, holding it with 2 hands.

[gamehunter6o]

If someone can organise an instruction day with real live charging bears with "experts" as bait, let me know. It could be an entertaining day.

[Carrollizer]

Yeah I'll stick with my 12 gauge slugs

[Rackmastr]

Seems like a pretty good article and acronym for people to think about rather than just purchasing spray and carrying it without much thought into its use or deployment.

[J_T]

The Ritcey's are a well respected family with a lot of experience in predators. I don't see any mis-information with the article. Practicing and being prepared is a big part of walking away intact. While I do carry both shotgun and spray at different times, I do prefer spray to packing the 12ga. I replace my spray about every two years and use the old spray to practice.

[ElectricDyck]

I recently bought some spray after a black bear stalked us on Sumas Mountain, after the initial encounter and we yelled and backed out 100 yards, it covered 50 yards silent in the bush and showed no fear with its head down and eyes locked on us sneaking up ..would rather pack a pistol but rather spray than a bulky rifle or shotgun when we re out hiking..

[AgSilver]

Has anyone ever found a single article or study that suggests that a firearm is more effective than spray? Virtually everything that I've seen has said the opposite. And that the loud flares are best (not the shoot in the air flare but the marine flare style).