>>1870488>defence against Grizzly bears#1 prevention, prevention, prevention! talking, noise making on trail so you don't surprise the animal, bears really don't want to have anything to do with you. don't get between a moma and her cub!
#2 bear spray - your best bet if shit has gone sideways assuming you have time to deploy it.
#3 if you believe in some sort of god pray - divine intervention is probably about as reliable as anything if you are facing down an aggressive bear. really you're fucked
>>1870540>no guns>don't bring up the best tool for the jobassuming you have your gun already out, your odds of aiming and actually hitting a charging 700lb grizzly anywhere that will stop it while shitting yourself are about 0 in 1,000,000.
bear spray on the other hand will spit out in a cone / cloud, probably get you and everyone around you as well putting everything within a 5 yard radius in a world of hurt. and if it doesn't your burning eyes and airways will distract you from the bear's crushing forepaw on your chest as it tries to decide weather or not to take a bite out of you.
>>1871130>A lot of the natives tell their kids to clap loudly now and then as they walk in the forestthat and talking
>Bear bells prevent the confrontation.I have heard that bells don't work
>bear bangers or dogs have worked in the 3 instances I've interacted with bears close up.bangers can be bad if they go off behind the bear. I have heard of them scaring a bear toward people. but if they worked for you then great
>>1871144this actually happened to me in Whistler only it was a black bear
>>1871723but hitting it somewhere that's not just going to piss it off more is
