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Originally Posted by Pleasurepays
hahaha... good luck with bear mace. seriously... if you think you need protection from a bear, you need a lot more than mace. i have sprayed it on brown bears for fun and all it did was piss them off. the only time brown bears or black bears attack people are when they are startled, have young with them or are defending feeding grounds. if you find yourself on the wrong end of any of those situations... they are hard animals to stop.
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i've read a couple of books on the subject. black bears don't react to spray as well as grizzlies, which is the reason i carry it. i've had many, many encounters with black bears, and they always run away when approached, other than the odd time where you might have to clap your hands and yell.
http://www.amazon.com/Bear-Attacks-T.../dp/0941130827 is a great book on the subject.
it's been shown that when all other forms of avoidance of a grizzly have been exhausted, bear spray is a reasonably effective deterrent. of course it is far less likely to run into a grizzly. black/brown bears pratically infest the area i live in, but do not present much of a concern. in fact, there has only been one (non-lethal) bear attack in the history of the Whistler area.