North Pole woman uses insect repellent to fend off Granite Tors grizzly

newsminer.com ^ | 15 July, 2012 | Tim Mowry

[Sea Parrot]

For an English professor, her narrative of the event is the most stupid and convoluted crap I have read to date.

Not to mention the headline is misleading as all get out. She states she had early on used bear spray on the bear to no avail. But her au natural bug spray had nothing to do with fending off the attack, now if she had been using industrial strength wasp and hornet spray, I could believe it deterred said bear.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

I'm sure it would, but you have very limited range. Do you want an enraged bear two feet away from you? Besides, he's going to be really pissed as a "marked bear."

I carry "Counter Assault" in bear country, but luckily have never had to use it. The 290 gram can is claimed to be effective out to 32 feet -- that's a much more comfortable distance for me.

The pros say to carry two cans - one to stop the main attack and the other to stop a second attack on your way back to the trailhead after you've emptied the first can. Check out the short vid here.

[Cowgirl]

My jack russel terrior kept jumping at my mules face. This went on for a while. Finally, one day the mule took his
back hoof and rolled the dog over as it went past him. The dog stopped and looked at him and never bothered him again.

[C210N]

As the Bear BBQ has started, do not hike without a bottle of your favorite BBQ sauce...

Some entrepreneur must make Bearbeque sauce somewheres...