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Anyone ever have to use it? Does it actually work?
Seems to me that would really ****-off a bear. http://www.tbotech.com/bearspray.htm -tom |
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Tom Nakashima wrote:
Anyone ever have to use it? Does it actually work? Seems to me that would really ****-off a bear. I sprayed a big black bear with a whole can I smuggled into Canada. She shook her head, glanced at me, then went right on to the food pack where she plucked Kipper's dog food off the top and proceeded to chow down. This was at a campsite in the Quetico near an entry point so it's likely she'd been sprayed more than once before and just considered it part of the pre-meal routine. The Park Service recommends you carry bear spray in Yellowstone grizzly country but I don't bother. Vigilance and common sense are better than bear spray in my opinion. -- Ken Fortenberry |
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use bear spray because that is the way they like their meat flavored
On Thu, 22 Jun 2006 13:28:41 GMT, Ken Fortenberry wrote: Tom Nakashima wrote: Anyone ever have to use it? Does it actually work? Seems to me that would really ****-off a bear. I sprayed a big black bear with a whole can I smuggled into Canada. She shook her head, glanced at me, then went right on to the food pack where she plucked Kipper's dog food off the top and proceeded to chow down. This was at a campsite in the Quetico near an entry point so it's likely she'd been sprayed more than once before and just considered it part of the pre-meal routine. The Park Service recommends you carry bear spray in Yellowstone grizzly country but I don't bother. Vigilance and common sense are better than bear spray in my opinion. |
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![]() "Tom Nakashima" wrote... Anyone ever have to use it? Does it actually work? Seems to me that would really ****-off a bear. http://www.tbotech.com/bearspray.htm -tom There is an awful lot of discussion bear spray on the backpacker.com forums. Some conversations more useful than others: http://tinyurl.com/gfxjv Less anecdotal, perhaps more accurate info: http://www.absc.usgs.gov/research/br...epperspray.htm The general consensus seems to be that it works (*). Dunno. Never owned any, let alone used any. Dan (*) In perfect conditions, anyway. Wind is a major factor. |
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Tom Nakashima wrote:
Anyone ever have to use it? Does it actually work? Seems to me that would really ****-off a bear. http://www.tbotech.com/bearspray.htm -tom Our Alaska outfitter (Papa Bear out of Bethel) supplies bear spray. If you don't use it you don't pay for it. You are not allowed to carry it on an airplane, even in checked baggage. (You are allowed to carry up to 4oz. of pepper spray in checked baggage, but bear spray products are larger than that.) Last year I took a hand gun. This year I'm not going to bother. Check on whether bears are hunted in the area you're visiting. If they are they'll probably be afraid of people. -- Cut "to the chase" for my email address. |
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![]() "rw" wrote in message ink.net... Tom Nakashima wrote: Anyone ever have to use it? Does it actually work? Seems to me that would really ****-off a bear. http://www.tbotech.com/bearspray.htm -tom Our Alaska outfitter (Papa Bear out of Bethel) supplies bear spray. If you don't use it you don't pay for it. You are not allowed to carry it on an airplane, even in checked baggage. (You are allowed to carry up to 4oz. of pepper spray in checked baggage, but bear spray products are larger than that.) Last year I took a hand gun. This year I'm not going to bother. Check on whether bears are hunted in the area you're visiting. If they are they'll probably be afraid of people. -- Cut "to the chase" for my email address. I'll be using the same outfitter, (Papa Bear Adventures out of Bethel)...I'll talk to Steve about it. thanks, -tom |
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On Thu, 22 Jun 2006 07:05:27 -0700, "Tom Nakashima"
wrote: "rw" wrote in message link.net... Tom Nakashima wrote: Anyone ever have to use it? Does it actually work? Seems to me that would really ****-off a bear. http://www.tbotech.com/bearspray.htm -tom Our Alaska outfitter (Papa Bear out of Bethel) supplies bear spray. If you don't use it you don't pay for it. You are not allowed to carry it on an airplane, even in checked baggage. (You are allowed to carry up to 4oz. of pepper spray in checked baggage, but bear spray products are larger than that.) Last year I took a hand gun. This year I'm not going to bother. Check on whether bears are hunted in the area you're visiting. If they are they'll probably be afraid of people. -- Cut "to the chase" for my email address. I'll be using the same outfitter, (Papa Bear Adventures out of Bethel)...I'll talk to Steve about it. thanks, -tom If this one particular trip is your sole reason for asking, and you trust the outfitter, I'd say save yourself the time and do/get what they advise. And based on Steve's info, it seems your question is answered. TC, R |
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![]() wrote in message ... On Thu, 22 Jun 2006 07:05:27 -0700, "Tom Nakashima" wrote: "rw" wrote in message hlink.net... Tom Nakashima wrote: Anyone ever have to use it? Does it actually work? Seems to me that would really ****-off a bear. http://www.tbotech.com/bearspray.htm -tom Our Alaska outfitter (Papa Bear out of Bethel) supplies bear spray. If you don't use it you don't pay for it. You are not allowed to carry it on an airplane, even in checked baggage. (You are allowed to carry up to 4oz. of pepper spray in checked baggage, but bear spray products are larger than that.) Last year I took a hand gun. This year I'm not going to bother. Check on whether bears are hunted in the area you're visiting. If they are they'll probably be afraid of people. -- Cut "to the chase" for my email address. I'll be using the same outfitter, (Papa Bear Adventures out of Bethel)...I'll talk to Steve about it. thanks, -tom If this one particular trip is your sole reason for asking, and you trust the outfitter, I'd say save yourself the time and do/get what they advise. And based on Steve's info, it seems your question is answered. TC, R Agree, I didn't know Papa Bear Adventures supplied Bear Pepper Spray, at least it didn't say in the conformation info pack we got. I've called Steve twice already, didn't want to wear out my allocated phone calls, so I'll speak with him when I arrive there. The last time I called him I wanted to give him my flight status so there would be someone to pick me up at the Bethel Airport. In conversation, he told me I had to walk to the lodge. Stunned, I got quiet, then I asked how far is the lodge? Steve replied: "It's only 3 miles." Then I started to think, I have luggage with rollers, but 3-miles??? Then Steve started laughing, it was a joke, but he sure got me on that one. -tom |
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Tom Nakashima wrote:
I'll be using the same outfitter, (Papa Bear Adventures out of Bethel)...I'll talk to Steve about it. thanks, -tom Good choice. Steve did an excellent job last year, in the face of some very difficult weather. His Dehavilland Beaver is a very cool airplane. BTW, Steve carries a .50 caliber handgun when he's in the bush, and he has some scary bear stories, so don't believe anything that LaCourse says (like using a camera for closeup bear photos). You'll be on your own -- not being baby-sat by guides. -- Cut "to the chase" for my email address. |
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![]() "rw" wrote in message ink.net... Tom Nakashima wrote: I'll be using the same outfitter, (Papa Bear Adventures out of Bethel)...I'll talk to Steve about it. thanks, -tom Good choice. Steve did an excellent job last year, in the face of some very difficult weather. His Dehavilland Beaver is a very cool airplane. BTW, Steve carries a .50 caliber handgun when he's in the bush, and he has some scary bear stories, so don't believe anything that LaCourse says (like using a camera for closeup bear photos). You'll be on your own -- not being baby-sat by guides. -- Cut "to the chase" for my email address. Well in all, everyone has been a lot of help. I really do enjoy this newsgroup, loaded with lots of experience. Can't ask for a better advice, -tom |
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