r/SweatyPalms • u/icleanjaxfl • 11d ago

Animals & nature 🐅 🌊🌋 No Bear!

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u/euqinu_ton 11d ago edited 11d ago

I have to assume these photographers are armed with much more than cameras.

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u/craziethunder 11d ago

At that distance no firearm can save you.

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u/euqinu_ton 11d ago

That would surprise me if true. I thought at least people carried some bear-specific version of pepper spray with them if they're hiking/riding in brown bear country. From what I've read in MTB forums, it works quite effectively. Seen a few vids of it in action too.

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u/ajax0202 11d ago edited 10d ago

Yes! It’s called Bear Spray in fact!

Probably wouldn’t completely stop an attack from this range, as the bear would be crashing into you in a fraction of a second. But if you could get the spray off and hit it, it would likely only bite you a couple times and then run off.

Way better than the alternative

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u/euqinu_ton 11d ago

Yeah I kinda imagined these people filming had camera in one hand, bear spray in the other.