I walked into my local Canadian Tire the other day, for those not familiar with Canadian Tire, it is a store which has sporting, housewares, auto parts and many other things including camping gear, at the front check out was bear spray, I was surprised to see it so readily available.
Bear Spray
- Thread starter hikinboot
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Who can sell it and who can buy it varies a lot from place to place. In some places it's barely regulated. In other places there needs to be a certain percentage or less of active ingredient, or the bottle can only be a certain size or smaller. Some places require an FID card to buy it. Still other places require only licensed distributors to sell it in person.
Your area might be one of the places where the regulations are placed on the producer or distributor, not on the buyer.
Your area might be one of the places where the regulations are placed on the producer or distributor, not on the buyer.
Dan Sexton
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I went Black Bear Hunting Last year (2009) I couldnt buy Bear spray. I guess a small fire extingquiser would work..
rdowns
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I like that.....
but I better use the spray first.....
but I better use the spray first.....
SAR Guy
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WRONG!!!
Not ridiculing you here, Bear spray is not a casual item that if you see a bear, you spray it and the bear simply looks at you and says OK, Ill go the other way. Bear spray is typicly only used as a final deterant to a most likley "Charging bear," and a fire extunguisher will in no way turn back a bear. They encounter much worse that that with a skunk, and with bees getting into a honey hive and they just keep lumbering along.
Most bears (when out on the trail) you will never see. Be thankful... and if you do, and you're close enough to trigger an encounter. DO NOT RUN. this will only insure it pursuing you.
If you happen to encounter a bear by surprise, and trip their the fight responce. Most likley they will charge you first, and then stop. and wait for a reaaction.
Remember that you are a strange thing to them that they dont normally encounter.
If they do charge, Stand your ground, Make yourself as large as you can, and make alot of noise while backing away away slowly.
Your can of bear spray will be labled with its "effective range" KNOW THIS !!
It wont serve you any good when you panic and pull the trigger before the bear is in "effective range". You will run out of spray, and now you have an extreamly irritated bear, but not detered. and you are now in his sights.
all the best..
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