>>876335If you're in bear country without mace, a gun and a knife with at least a 4-6 inch blade you deserve to be mauled to death for being a complete fucking tool.
Make a shit load of noise, shoot at it but don't hit it, usually they'll fuck right off unless they're starving or pissed, if a bear gets hungry enough it's going to do whatever the fuck it wants out of desperation.
Don't go up trees because they can climb better than you, don't run unless it's to a nearby vehicle (you will get outrun because bears can reach up to 30-40mph depending on type), stand your ground and preferably have your gun and knife already out.
If you do get attacked and haven't downed it yet, your best bet is try to stay with your front facing the bear at all times, getting put on your stomach is a death sentence because it'll probably go for the back of your neck and then you're dead.
You could try shoving your arm down its throat and stab it in the neck until it dies or try to bearhug it's neck and stay away from the mouth while stabbing it, that's what they taught us to do in Wyoming if we ever found ourselves in hand combat against a bear.
If you don't have a gun, mace or knife then kindly fuck off back to the city and leave the wilderness to people who have common sense, chances are if you're in bear country you're also in wolf and mountain lion country, all three will fuck you up, especially mountain lions.
