Adk_dib
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check out this story. also, check out link on cyotee.
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/06/2...elp-officials-search-animal/?test=latestnews#
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/06/2...elp-officials-search-animal/?test=latestnews#
check out this story. also, check out link on cyotee.
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/06/2...elp-officials-search-animal/?test=latestnews#
Bear spray also has the advantage of being non-toxic (it is "only" an irritant) so if any of it gets on you it will not harm you. However, you pretty much have to carry it in a holster if you expect to be able to use it in an emergency.
Doug
Doesn't sound like much fun. But given that you are posting, you survived without too much damage.It may be non-toxic, but if you get any bear spray on you it is going to hurt like absolute hell. I unloaded 1/4 of a can on my leg by accident once. I was being followed by something large in Mont Venron, NH, so I took off the safety cap. I then forgot to put the safety back on, but the spray in my pants pocket, and then made the big mistake of sitting down in my car. No laughing!
The spray hurt so bad that I immediately went to the nearest Mcdonalds and I literally showered in the sink. I scrubbed it with soap for probably a half-hour. I had to scrub so hard that all the hair on that part of my leg came off. My leg violently twitched in pain for the next 3 hours as I drove home. I showered three times over the next 24 hours and it STILL hurt. The next day, I scratched my leg and then barely touched the top of my eye. That eye closed for the next 8 hours and hurt like hell for another day. That bear spray stuff is nassssty.
Officers training in the use of pepper spray (used for crowd control--weaker than bear spray) have some sprayed directly in their faces as part of their training program...
Doug
Bear spray in the face -> irritation and painHere's another reason not to spray pepper spray on yourself . . .
This is the story about the Rye, NY coyote attack.
I don't see and can't imagine any harm in carrying a can of bear spray in the woods. Rabid animals, coyote, bear, moose, drunks, privy divers, etc would all be deterred. I'd skip the wasp spray, though, probably more of an irritant than anything.
Went camping and hiking in the Adirondacks this past weekend. Still haven't seem a bear.
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