Originally Posted by
tmckay2
I don't get the problem with people getting bear spray. If you can sure carry a pistol. If you can sure carry a 12 gauge. But if you are visiting from out of town, especially from a place that doesn't allow guns or makes it difficult to get them, isn't some preparedness better than none? It may be unlikely and may not protect you super well but in the middle of the night or on a trail alone I'd rather have spray than nothing. Heck, if nothing else than for the moose in the national park. I did a three day backpacking trip on the west side of the park a few years back and stumbled on several females with calfs. It may be rare but shit happens, you'd feel like more of an idiot to get ripped up by a beat or moose because you didn't buy a $7 bottle of spray versus if you spent the $7 and isn't need it. I'd think if anyone would understand being a bit over prepared it would be this board.