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Bear Spray Used on a Bear Caught on Camera

 
allentownchemtard

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to my amazement people think bears actually know they are called bears..in english.


wow use your brains. he could have been saying "woaaa squirrel, woaaaa wolf, woaaa dodo bird", and bear would have reacted the same. you YELL and act threatening to scare it off. its all about tone and he was too calm about it. oh well, spray works and hes alive and the bear is alive,
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Thanks for sharing this!! There’s grizzly bears where I am now and I’m on the trails often here, so seeing this was helpful! I carry bear spray always.

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get bear bangers and not the kind that shoot
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Thanks, never heard of them before and looked them up!
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He handled that young black bear exactly how you're supposed to without resorting to the gun..
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Thanks for sharing this!! There’s grizzly bears where I am now and I’m on the trails often here, so seeing this was helpful! I carry bear spray always.

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Thank you, Kate! Be careful!

A lot of bears in Canada!
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to my amazement people think bears actually know they are called bears..in english.


wow use your brains. he could have been saying "woaaa squirrel, woaaaa wolf, woaaa dodo bird", and bear would have reacted the same. you YELL and act threatening to scare it off. its all about tone and he was too calm about it. oh well, spray works and hes alive and the bear is alive,
 Quoting: allentownchemtard


I tell you he was selling bear spray. No one in his right mind would be walking backwards holding a cam if this was 'real' danger.


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He should take it up to the Yukon and tease those bears.
Luring in the young one just to spray it is animal cruelty.

A few loud shouts and arm waving would have probably sent it packing.
I hate punks.
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Thanks for sharing this!! There’s grizzly bears where I am now and I’m on the trails often here, so seeing this was helpful! I carry bear spray always.

5*
 Quoting: -Kate-


get bear bangers and not the kind that shoot
 Quoting: KLOWN


Thanks, never heard of them before and looked them up!
 Quoting: -Kate-


the main thing is not the kind that shoot because they make one big bang when leaving the pen and another 30 feet or so away

if that second bang goes off on the other side of the bear it can make it do a 180 and come back to you

i have used/played with both kinds and have had to use them against a grizzly once
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Ukraine has lots of bears. These bears are kicking ass with missile strikes!!


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to my amazement people think bears actually know they are called bears..in english.


wow use your brains. he could have been saying "woaaa squirrel, woaaaa wolf, woaaa dodo bird", and bear would have reacted the same. you YELL and act threatening to scare it off. its all about tone and he was too calm about it. oh well, spray works and hes alive and the bear is alive,
 Quoting: allentownchemtard


When you yell and act threatening you are making the ultimate challenge. It may work most of the time...if it doesn't work that time then playful bear will become agressive bear.

It's like being in a threatening situation with a human. You pull your gun out and you might scare your attacker away...but then again you might be killed in the process.
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Bear spray is amazing.. against humans. I mean better than a gun, shuts them down immediately. Against a bear? Ironically not so much.

The last time I was in Montana, I was told a story by a local near Whitefish. An experienced guide was out in the woods, never came back. They found him half eaten (the bear buried the other half, presumably to come back and eat it later). Next to his body was a spent container of bear spray.

I always presumed that he missed - it’s not easy to take the safety off and fire that thing accurately when a grizzly is hurtling toward you. But now I’m not so sure…

Last Edited by Shaun Kaven on 12/03/2022 11:38 AM
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He handled that young black bear exactly how you're supposed to without resorting to the gun..
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exactly!
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If the wind’s blowing in the wrong direction you’re Fucken fucked
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Bear spray is not as strong as regular human pepper spray/ mace. It has a stronger spray so that you can get the bear before it gets in paws reach but the actual active ingredient is weaker because bears have a much greater reaction to the active ingredient
 Quoting: Jeff_43


WRONG

have you ever sprayed bear spray

People also ask
Is bear spray stronger than pepper spray?
Standard pepper sprays have around 1 million SHUs, while bear sprays pack 3 million SHUs,
 Quoting: KLOWN


Read this
" Although similar to pepper spray, bear spray is known to have a much lower concentration of oleoresin capsicum.

Capsicum can be thought of as the “heat” when it comes to peppers."
You might see people carrying bear spray instead of self defense pepper spray because in some places pepper spray is illegal whereas bear spray is not.

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That's just a baby bear.
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Yeah, it looked like it wanted to play climbing the trees.
Turn the circus off, or at least know you're watching one...
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Kept thinking about my .454 Casull revolver and thinking "shoot shoot shoot!". Do never go into bear country carrying just a $10 squirt can. Really stupid.
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I think bear just playing. Agree one should have solids in a large handgun at least in bear country.
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Not a good idea to keep calling the bear to you.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 84834806


Exactly.

He's an idiot.
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Both of you are idiots, the last thing you would ever do in bear country is be quiet.
Also I am sure the bear doesn't know he's a bear, he wasn't calling him he was letting it know where he was at all times.
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to my amazement people think bears actually know they are called bears..in english.


wow use your brains. he could have been saying "woaaa squirrel, woaaaa wolf, woaaa dodo bird", and bear would have reacted the same. you YELL and act threatening to scare it off. its all about tone and he was too calm about it. oh well, spray works and hes alive and the bear is alive,
 Quoting: allentownchemtard


I tell you he was selling bear spray. No one in his right mind would be walking backwards holding a cam if this was 'real' danger.


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sure you would i dealt with a bear the exact same way a month ago but i was not talking to it like it was a dog i told it to FUCK OFF

problem was i could not back up as i was in a river fishing and backing up was not much of a option
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Kept thinking about my .454 Casull revolver and thinking "shoot shoot shoot!". Do never go into bear country carrying just a $10 squirt can. Really stupid.
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I think bear just playing. Agree one should have solids in a large handgun at least in bear country.
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And now they want to take away your hunting rifles! In Canada anyway!
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 Quoting: sseess


ya see how there was 2 bangs one when it launched and then it flew and banged again

you want the ones that just go bang once
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Definitely a Black Bear and one that hasn’t been around people much. It’ll remember the foul smell of Bear spray next time it sees a person. But for an inexperienced hiker who thinks the Bear wants to play a game and didn’t bother to even bring Bear spray, this could have gone bad quickly. If you don’t believe in owning firearms, you deserve whatever happens to you out in the woods. Not all Black Bears will run away or investigate. Some won’t even bluff charge. The occasional Bear will just charge from what you may think is a safe distance and they will close that gap in seconds, so you will either shoot or become a chew toy. It’s not common but I’ve seen it a couple of times in my lifetime.
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 Quoting: sseess


ya see how there was 2 bangs one when it launched and then it flew and banged again

you want the ones that just go bang once
 Quoting: KLOWN




Thanks for the info!
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Definitely a Black Bear and one that hasn’t been around people much. It’ll remember the foul smell of Bear spray next time it sees a person. But for an inexperienced hiker who thinks the Bear wants to play a game and didn’t bother to even bring Bear spray, this could have gone bad quickly. If you don’t believe in owning firearms, you deserve whatever happens to you out in the woods. Not all Black Bears will run away or investigate. Some won’t even bluff charge. The occasional Bear will just charge from what you may think is a safe distance and they will close that gap in seconds, so you will either shoot or become a chew toy. It’s not common but I’ve seen it a couple of times in my lifetime.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 78968825


to the comments in this thread saying its friendly or playfull:

that bear was a single cunthair from eating that guy. if a wild animal thinks it can overpower you, ita GAME FUCKING OVER.

that bear was sizing him up the whole time.

"can i eat him?"

"how am i going to first rip into him, and minimize damage to myself"

"can this thing hurt me if i try to kill and eat it"


that whole encounter for the bear was a risk to reward assessment. predators are always hungry and have to work hard for food. you have no idea when the last time was that bear had a multi thousand calorie meal.. that guy almost found out.
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Definitely a Black Bear and one that hasn’t been around people much. It’ll remember the foul smell of Bear spray next time it sees a person. But for an inexperienced hiker who thinks the Bear wants to play a game and didn’t bother to even bring Bear spray, this could have gone bad quickly. If you don’t believe in owning firearms, you deserve whatever happens to you out in the woods. Not all Black Bears will run away or investigate. Some won’t even bluff charge. The occasional Bear will just charge from what you may think is a safe distance and they will close that gap in seconds, so you will either shoot or become a chew toy. It’s not common but I’ve seen it a couple of times in my lifetime.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 78968825


bump
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Spending 17 years on rivers in Alaska, I researched/learned as much about bears as possible. It was time well spent, as I have had many sightings (with some encounters very close).

There are some very good and accurate comments here, as well as some steeped in ignorance of bears and their behavior.


-As some posters have said; this is a cinnamon phase juvenile black bear. In addition to the physical characteristics that give it away, its tree climbing proclivity is a feature of black bears. Browns/grizzlies don't climb them, with the exception of cubs who may do so to escape danger. It is also why black bears do it, i.e. to escape the danger of a larger brown/grizzly bear.

-This bear kept climbing up trees like it was scared of him and wanted to have its escape route already planned.

-He was saying, "hey bear" to let the bear know he was there. This is good practice, especially in thick bush and not sure of what is around as to not startle any unknown bears in the vicinity. The #1 reason to get attacked is by startling a bruin. But this bear was already aware of him. So by him saying it (especially in a calming tone) was useless. Furthermore, it may have been counterproductive since this bear may have been conditioned by stupid humans to not be afraid of them. Or even worse, some stupid humans could have conditioned it with food. Either way, it knew he was there and was curious of him, not startled or aggressive. And he maybe kept luring it along with his soothing voice. If he would have shut up and kept backing away, it may have stayed in one of the trees until he cleared the area.


I wonder if some posters are correct and he sells bear spray. If so, he may have known where a humanized juvenile bear is located to make his video showing the effectiveness of the spray. If so, he's an ass.

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 Quoting: sseess


ya see how there was 2 bangs one when it launched and then it flew and banged again

you want the ones that just go bang once
 Quoting: KLOWN




Thanks for the info!
 Quoting: sseess


this is one of my fishing spots

the problem with this spot is the bear are very used to stealing peoples fish so they look at us as a supplier of the fish to them

no fear at all


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Wildland firefighter and nature photographer, Curtis Matishwyn, encounters a black bear and uses SABRE Wild Max Bear Spray. Watch the video to learn what to do when you encounter a bear.



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I'm glad to see how to use that.
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Awe, the bear just wanted to play


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Definitely a Black Bear and one that hasn’t been around people much. It’ll remember the foul smell of Bear spray next time it sees a person. But for an inexperienced hiker who thinks the Bear wants to play a game and didn’t bother to even bring Bear spray, this could have gone bad quickly. If you don’t believe in owning firearms, you deserve whatever happens to you out in the woods. Not all Black Bears will run away or investigate. Some won’t even bluff charge. The occasional Bear will just charge from what you may think is a safe distance and they will close that gap in seconds, so you will either shoot or become a chew toy. It’s not common but I’ve seen it a couple of times in my lifetime.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 78968825


to the comments in this thread saying its friendly or playfull:

that bear was a single cunthair from eating that guy. if a wild animal thinks it can overpower you, ita GAME FUCKING OVER.

that bear was sizing him up the whole time.

"can i eat him?"

"how am i going to first rip into him, and minimize damage to myself"

"can this thing hurt me if i try to kill and eat it"


that whole encounter for the bear was a risk to reward assessment. predators are always hungry and have to work hard for food. you have no idea when the last time was that bear had a multi thousand calorie meal.. that guy almost found out.
 Quoting: allentownchemtard


Yep. Exactly what I thought. The young bear was sizing up his attack, getting bolder with each approach, not playing.
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Definitely a Black Bear and one that hasn’t been around people much. It’ll remember the foul smell of Bear spray next time it sees a person. But for an inexperienced hiker who thinks the Bear wants to play a game and didn’t bother to even bring Bear spray, this could have gone bad quickly. If you don’t believe in owning firearms, you deserve whatever happens to you out in the woods. Not all Black Bears will run away or investigate. Some won’t even bluff charge. The occasional Bear will just charge from what you may think is a safe distance and they will close that gap in seconds, so you will either shoot or become a chew toy. It’s not common but I’ve seen it a couple of times in my lifetime.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 78968825


to the comments in this thread saying its friendly or playfull:

that bear was a single cunthair from eating that guy. if a wild animal thinks it can overpower you, ita GAME FUCKING OVER.

that bear was sizing him up the whole time.

"can i eat him?"

"how am i going to first rip into him, and minimize damage to myself"

"can this thing hurt me if i try to kill and eat it"


that whole encounter for the bear was a risk to reward assessment. predators are always hungry and have to work hard for food. you have no idea when the last time was that bear had a multi thousand calorie meal.. that guy almost found out.
 Quoting: allentownchemtard


I said it would have been justifiable to kill that bear. The person filming handled it as well as he could have without killing it.

Fair disclosure...I would have killed it when it made the final charge.

My point is that this wasn't a bear spray commercial, ffs.
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Hey bear, hey bear, hey bear. Who the heck does that? I'm throwing rocks or whatever while having the spray ready in the other hand. I'm not waiting that long to use the spray, either.





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