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Originally Posted by Wormius
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.
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Stephan Herraro at the U of A is there world leading expert as has published a few papers on its effectiveness
https://www.ualberta.ca/biological-s...epperspray.pdf
https://www.researchgate.net/publica...pray_in_Alaska
https://above.nasa.gov/safety/docume...vs_bullets.pdf
Groups are still the best as no injuries have occurred when hiking in a tight group of 4
And things other then bears are more likely to kill you. Getting lost on a day hike and dying from hypothermia is probably the greatest risk while dying so make sure to carry at least a down jacket and a rain jacket just in case.