>>2733950If those are the only choices, I'm going with the gun since that's what I'm trained with and it won't fail on me from being out in the sun too long (as spray has failed me before - why don't those cans have pressure gauges like fire extinguishers do?)
irl, I'll just load two shots of pepper ammunition into my revolver. The few times I've needed them, they worked well enough - and if they don't, there's still the other three shots left.
>>2734051>Guns and spray are both equally effective AND inaffective to deter off a charging bear.Neither of them are meant to deter the bear, though. The pepper blocks it's sight (from tears) and nose (from pain) and gives it trouble breathing so it can't follow you while you run, while the gun wounds it, hopefully badly enough that it'll die before reachin you.
Either way, you need to hit before the bear (or boar, dog etc) is too close, and be able to avoid the first charge, then run.
If you want to actually be able to stop an attacking animal, you need a baor spear, a sword or a large caliber automatic (and not a "muhgunz" large caliber like .50AE, but rather something like a 12ga slugger like the brits use for hunting).
But really, 99/100 times, animals will just try to escape. in my experience, wolves, boars and bears (asian black bears) always run. Only stray dogs attack sometimes.
