Quote Originally Posted by Southern Breeze
Here's a warning to all the hikers out there.

Since the prevalance of bear attacks has gone up in the past two years, the Parks department suggests that campers attach bells to their clothing and carry pepper spray in case a bear actually comes at you.

Pepper spray!

I've been hit with the stuff before with little effect, so I don't see it stopping a mad grizzly sow. I'll stick to a large-caliber handgun, thank you very much.

When they talk of bells, they leave out the "dinner" part. I do hear they find bells in bear poo once in a while in Alaska.

I was once told by a wise old man that people who shun powerful weapons like firearms have had their survival instincts short-circuited somehow. I believe it. I have an uncle who is only alive today after a grizzly attack because his hunting buddy had a .300 Win Mag.

Pepper Spray!


I think it's a joke perpetrated on tourists.