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<blockquote data-quote="biff&#039;s reloading" data-source="post: 2419694" data-attributes="member: 6078"><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/the-truth-about-bear-spray-vs-bullets/[/URL]</p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://pistolwizard.com/studies/bears[/URL]</p><p></p><p>"While people claim that bear spray is more effective than firearms for defense against bears, <a href="http://gunwatch.blogspot.com/2014/10/wybear-spray-v-bullets-flaws-in-studies.html" target="_blank">actual studies do not show that</a> to be true. The misunderstanding is caused by comparing studies of bear spray use against non-aggressive bears to defensive uses of firearms against actual attacking bears."</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I'd carry both. If a bear is in a garbage can or just being curious and hes downwind, spray as soon as itll reach. But if he is being aggressive and knows what I am and still is coming, I'm plugging him. Period. Dont care what the game warden thinks.</p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.ammoland.com/2019/08/handgun-or-pistol-defense-against-bear-attack-73-cases-96-effective/#axzz7J70yiaUW[/URL]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="biff's reloading, post: 2419694, member: 6078"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/the-truth-about-bear-spray-vs-bullets/[/URL] [URL unfurl="true"]https://pistolwizard.com/studies/bears[/URL] "While people claim that bear spray is more effective than firearms for defense against bears, [URL='http://gunwatch.blogspot.com/2014/10/wybear-spray-v-bullets-flaws-in-studies.html']actual studies do not show that[/URL] to be true. The misunderstanding is caused by comparing studies of bear spray use against non-aggressive bears to defensive uses of firearms against actual attacking bears." I'd carry both. If a bear is in a garbage can or just being curious and hes downwind, spray as soon as itll reach. But if he is being aggressive and knows what I am and still is coming, I'm plugging him. Period. Dont care what the game warden thinks. [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.ammoland.com/2019/08/handgun-or-pistol-defense-against-bear-attack-73-cases-96-effective/#axzz7J70yiaUW[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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