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<blockquote data-quote="MontanaRifleman" data-source="post: 1061343" data-attributes="member: 11717"><p>Paul, the question to Wildrose was a rhetorical one. My point with the reply was, IMO, we spend a lot of time and emotion on a topic like this and I think it's overkill. On average, our chances of getting struck by lightening is greater than being attacked by a bear... and the vast majority of the relatively few attacks do not result in death... making a mountain out of an ant hill.</p><p></p><p>There are a number of us in this thread who live and play in bear country and have had numerous encounters with bears and have not been attacked. /who knows how many times a Bear walked past my tent while I was sleeping inside. Once when there was a light snowfall during the night I found a set of tracks that walked in a straight line passing within 10' of my tent. My food was hung high in a tree. I was elk hunting and I did have a loaded 7 mag in the tent with me.</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">In a study Titled "Efficacy of Bear Deterrent Spray in Alaska" I found this;</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">The study also concludes that people who use spray as a deterrent were less likely to be seriously injured or killed by a bear than those who used firearms. Now there are those who favor using a gun for defense that say this was a biased study promoting a non-lethal way of deterring bears. It seems to me the study clearly stated the data and defined it's parameters. IME, the only way this study could be biased is if it left out data.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">Also, the early years that the study covers were prior to the development of the newer more effective types of sprays.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">Nothing I have written in thread suggests that I am "selective" in "live and let live". I have stated numerous times that a person should use whatever type of protection they want/are comfortable with. That said, when someone says something that I believe is not quite factual, then I'll address it. i.e., failure of spray can to function.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">Cheers</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MontanaRifleman, post: 1061343, member: 11717"] Paul, the question to Wildrose was a rhetorical one. My point with the reply was, IMO, we spend a lot of time and emotion on a topic like this and I think it's overkill. On average, our chances of getting struck by lightening is greater than being attacked by a bear... and the vast majority of the relatively few attacks do not result in death... making a mountain out of an ant hill. There are a number of us in this thread who live and play in bear country and have had numerous encounters with bears and have not been attacked. /who knows how many times a Bear walked past my tent while I was sleeping inside. Once when there was a light snowfall during the night I found a set of tracks that walked in a straight line passing within 10' of my tent. My food was hung high in a tree. I was elk hunting and I did have a loaded 7 mag in the tent with me. [SIZE=2]In a study Titled "Efficacy of Bear Deterrent Spray in Alaska" I found this; The study also concludes that people who use spray as a deterrent were less likely to be seriously injured or killed by a bear than those who used firearms. Now there are those who favor using a gun for defense that say this was a biased study promoting a non-lethal way of deterring bears. It seems to me the study clearly stated the data and defined it's parameters. IME, the only way this study could be biased is if it left out data. Also, the early years that the study covers were prior to the development of the newer more effective types of sprays. Nothing I have written in thread suggests that I am "selective" in "live and let live". I have stated numerous times that a person should use whatever type of protection they want/are comfortable with. That said, when someone says something that I believe is not quite factual, then I'll address it. i.e., failure of spray can to function. Cheers [/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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