Generally you're trying to scare a bear away, like with a bear-banger, not beat it in a fight. It's going to take some pretty substantial hardware to put a bear down. However if you can make enough loud noise (and he's not really really hungry) you can probably get him to leave.
On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 2:48 PM, Sisk, Kris <[email protected]> wrote: > > I've always heard that making something 'grizzly proof' was nigh > impossible. > > I've also heard that anything that packs less punch than a 50 cal is > likely to just piss them off. Including bear spray. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2010 1:45 PM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: OMG! > > > You need it. I remember when I was working at a mine near Revelstoke > BC. The kitchen and food storage was supposedly Grizzly proof. The > side of the trailer was torn apart and all the food was scattered or > eaten. the problem is that grizzlies generally still consider people > as legit prey. They run faster than people and are much stronger. > There's a reason why the doors to cabins are very thick and spiked. As > for the bear spray, I wouldn't bet my life on it working. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:327709 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
