Traveling in Canada

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   The bear spray shoots in a shotgun like pattern and is extremely effective. I've been out in Yellowstone every year for 25 years and I wouldn't go hiking or tracking without bear spray. Even hunters have learned in a real attack you have a better chance with bear spray than a gun. Having said that I fully expect a stearn rebuttal from hunters.

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ronahue Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 02 Jun 2015 Location: Massachusetts Online Status: Offline Posts: 316	Topic: Traveling in Canada Posted: 12 May 2017 at 5:28pm
	The bear spray shoots in a shotgun like pattern and is extremely effective. I've been out in Yellowstone every year for 25 years and I wouldn't go hiking or tracking without bear spray. Even hunters have learned in a real attack you have a better chance with bear spray than a gun. Having said that I fully expect a stearn rebuttal from hunters.
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lostagain Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 06 Sep 2016 Location: Quaker Hill, CT Online Status: Offline Posts: 2587	Posted: 12 May 2017 at 5:46pm
	What was disturbing to me were the number of 1* reviews where the reviewers consistently complained that 1. they only got one quick squirt off before the can was dead, 2. it didn't squirt as far as promised, 3. it didn't squirt at all, 4. the can was awaked to pull out of the holster and use with one hand, and 5. it didn't really bother the bear [the reviewer claimed it contained a deer "extract." They also note that it's a 2% capsaicin concentration. Heck, I put more than that on my eggs in the morning.
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ronahue Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 02 Jun 2015 Location: Massachusetts Online Status: Offline Posts: 316	Posted: 12 May 2017 at 5:55pm
	I have used it and have been accidentally spray with it and I'm a believer.
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bob-Pod Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 25 Sep 2016 Location: Bremerton, WA Online Status: Offline Posts: 16	Posted: 13 May 2017 at 7:43am
	It's a great year to take a trip to Canada. The Canadian National Parks are free this year. (It's Canada's 150th Birthday). You can order a pass online at the Parks Canada website. We made a trip to Victoria earlier this year without the trailer. We will be spending time in Banff and Jasper NPs later this year with the RPod. The exchange rate is around $1.00 US to 1.35 Cdn dollars. Much better than 2013 when we towed the RPod to Alaska.
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Pod People Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 22 Sep 2011 Location: Chapel Hill,NC Online Status: Offline Posts: 1067	Posted: 13 May 2017 at 8:09am
	Thanks for all of t he great information! We are really looking forward to this trip and are starting to make our more definite plans and reservations. We have no kids and will take no guns or pets, but we will take our bear spray. We have been carrying it for years( not the same canister! ) Vann
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Hi-Line Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 11 Jun 2015 Online Status: Offline Posts: 24	Posted: 13 May 2017 at 2:58pm
	As far as Ronahue's comment about bear spray, no rebuttal from this hunter! I've lived in Montana for 40 years and very few hikers or hunters venture into grizzly country without it. I also worked for Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks for many years and know several bear biologists. They all recommend carrying bear spray. It has saved many people from death or injury. That said, I hope I'm never in a position to find out how well it works!

jato Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 23 Feb 2012 Location: Kewadin, MI Online Status: Offline Posts: 3223	Posted: 13 May 2017 at 4:30pm
	Total Agreement Hi-Line. My wife and I have been to Glacier N.P. and other areas in Montana hiking. We always carry the "spray" with us when hiking. I have often thought however IF a grizzly came toward us if the wind would be blowing down "correctly" or in our face, would I be able to hold the can steady, would I be able to wait to shoot until the right distance, ect. Hopefully it won't come to that yet it is good to be prepard/ready just in case.
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