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<blockquote data-quote="Pdvdh" data-source="post: 1483769" data-attributes="member: 4191"><p>If I employ a firearm effectively, the bear dies.</p><p>Even if I employ bear spray effectively, in accordance with the instructions, the bear remains alive and can kill me. That's presuming the can of bear spray actually discharges when I squeeze the go button.</p><p>I've already shared in another thread in years gone by the incident where my co-worker brought his can of bear spray to work to show me and other interested co-workers how to use it. The can was a dud. Never sprayed a thing. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite9" alt=":eek:" title="Eek! :eek:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":eek:" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite9" alt=":eek:" title="Eek! :eek:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":eek:" /> That's what we all looked like while we considered what we'd just witnessed.</p><p>So next I discuss this incident with the local F&G employee who teaches bear defense training to other State employees. He tells me he had a dud can of bear spray during one of his classes.</p><p>BS on that nonsense! This happened to be one of the "good" F&G employees, a man more interested in my health and safety than the F&G company line.</p><p>He told me he had no use for bear spray. Never carried it. His bear defense? Rem 870 with Brenneke slugs.</p><p>He also told me after years of responding to bear maulings, deaths, and other nuisance bear complaints associated with his assigned duties that he viewed bears as nothing more than opportunistic predators.</p><p>If after reading this, you still believe in, and choose, bear spray..., may God be with you. Because the bears aren't on your team.</p><p>Can't say I didn't try... It's still an individual choice. If you're competent with a firearm, the choice is stupid obvious - for me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pdvdh, post: 1483769, member: 4191"] If I employ a firearm effectively, the bear dies. Even if I employ bear spray effectively, in accordance with the instructions, the bear remains alive and can kill me. That's presuming the can of bear spray actually discharges when I squeeze the go button. I've already shared in another thread in years gone by the incident where my co-worker brought his can of bear spray to work to show me and other interested co-workers how to use it. The can was a dud. Never sprayed a thing. :eek::eek: That's what we all looked like while we considered what we'd just witnessed. So next I discuss this incident with the local F&G employee who teaches bear defense training to other State employees. He tells me he had a dud can of bear spray during one of his classes. BS on that nonsense! This happened to be one of the "good" F&G employees, a man more interested in my health and safety than the F&G company line. He told me he had no use for bear spray. Never carried it. His bear defense? Rem 870 with Brenneke slugs. He also told me after years of responding to bear maulings, deaths, and other nuisance bear complaints associated with his assigned duties that he viewed bears as nothing more than opportunistic predators. If after reading this, you still believe in, and choose, bear spray..., may God be with you. Because the bears aren't on your team. Can't say I didn't try... It's still an individual choice. If you're competent with a firearm, the choice is stupid obvious - for me. [/QUOTE]
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