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Originally Posted by OMG!WTF!
Bear spray is good. But that's not true. Lots of bears have attacked after a full dose of bear spray. You can shoot a bear in the face with a shot gun and still get attacked...or a musket (see The Revenant).
Bears terrify me but only because I hike with a dog. If it was just me I wouldn't care at all. Just keep your eyes open and spray handy and you won't get in any trouble. While I'm not the guy to give advice on animal oneship these days, it doesn't hurt to have a kind, calm, non combative aura about you in general.
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Is there any studies on effectiveness of bear spray? Anecdotally, I don’t think I have read about any attacks where bear spray was deployed and the bear attacked.
I prefer to still hike with at least one other person. I feel some comfort in knowing that if anything happened somebody could get help. My biggest paranoia is losing my car keys on the trail.