Chip
Well-known member
Herrero notes that people are likely to behave differently when they have firearms.
He also notes that most bear charges are bluff charges and I suspect that a number of bears will get shot while bluff charging. If a bear gets pepper-sprayed unnecessarily, no harm is done. The same cannot be said for getting shot.
Doug
It would be interesting to know (though I'm sure it's not possible to determine) how many bluff charges result in a wounded bear that now is PO'd and really attacks . Or if the idea of a PO'd bear is myth because it requires abstract reasoning.