pepper spray insted of bullets?
Don't laugh at me, but I think there is evidence, that pepper spray is amazingly effective at stopping fierce creatures. Take a look at:
http://www.udap.com/testify.htm
Quote: The truth is, guns have not proven very effective against repelling grizzly bears from attack, and we usually end up with a dead bear, and often, a mauled hunter. Officials from the WY Fish and Game Department and MT Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks all recommend that hunters and other people in grizzly country use pepper spray as the first line of defense in a bear encounter. Dave Moody of WY Fish and Game Department said that in dozens of cases in the last 15 years, only once has a grizzly bear continued through pepper spray to attack the sprayer [through 1997], while noting that in the majority of cases in which a bear is shot, the shooter is
still reached by the bear. For the most part, I think [pistols] are totally useless in a bear attack, Moody told the Casper Star Tribune last fall. --
Tim Stevens, Grizzly Mortality: Alarming and Avoidable, Greater Yellowstone Report 1997
and from
http://www.bearsmag.com/articles/sharing.html
If you're attacked, both Vance and Wiltse advocate using pepper spray. "It happens so quickly," said Vance, "you're more likely hit the bear with pepper spray because it makes such a wide swath; it's easier to hit the bear." Both outfitters feel so strongly about the spray, their guides and hunters carry it as the main line of defense against an attack. Make sure it is the ten percent concentrate, not the milder personal defense formula.--Sharing the Mountain? Hunting in Griz Country by Tim Christie