9ballbilly
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Hook686,
I agree with you about the speed of a bear attack. I should have written more clearly in the OP. I intended the term bear to be representative of attack by bears, bad guys, feral hogs, aliens, etc.. The main reason I carry two firearms is that, in case one suffers a mechanical failure I will not be deep in the backwoods unarmed, not that I believe I would have time to use the second during a bear confrontation. Another reason for my two gun carry is that my son is capable of employing either one. I can and do accept the additional weight when camping alone, but it certainly helps to have him along to take some of the load . My personal backpack/gear configuration allows fairly easy access to both firearms.
What got me thinking about adding spray to my equipment list was that I recently changed which long gun I'll be packing and it got me thinking, and one thing led to another and, well.........you know how that goes. Anyway, I've never used the stuff and wanted to know if it's effective enough to consider taking along in addition to, not in place of, either firearm. The picture that came to mind was: holding the rifle, at the ready, with strong hand ( not difficult with a 16" bbl. Trapper ), and spray in weak hand. The hope I have is that the non-lethal spray would end the encounter, otherwise I could simply drop it and move my weak hand to the forestock for an accurate shot.
We could go on and on about possible scenarios but it will serve no purpose. This is still the U.S.A. and you are all free to disagree with me, however, unless someone has useful information regarding actual use of or mfg. recommendations regarding the spray I suggest we end this thread here, as we seem to have strayed too far off track.
To the members who shared knowledgeable information, My Thanks
I agree with you about the speed of a bear attack. I should have written more clearly in the OP. I intended the term bear to be representative of attack by bears, bad guys, feral hogs, aliens, etc.. The main reason I carry two firearms is that, in case one suffers a mechanical failure I will not be deep in the backwoods unarmed, not that I believe I would have time to use the second during a bear confrontation. Another reason for my two gun carry is that my son is capable of employing either one. I can and do accept the additional weight when camping alone, but it certainly helps to have him along to take some of the load . My personal backpack/gear configuration allows fairly easy access to both firearms.
What got me thinking about adding spray to my equipment list was that I recently changed which long gun I'll be packing and it got me thinking, and one thing led to another and, well.........you know how that goes. Anyway, I've never used the stuff and wanted to know if it's effective enough to consider taking along in addition to, not in place of, either firearm. The picture that came to mind was: holding the rifle, at the ready, with strong hand ( not difficult with a 16" bbl. Trapper ), and spray in weak hand. The hope I have is that the non-lethal spray would end the encounter, otherwise I could simply drop it and move my weak hand to the forestock for an accurate shot.
We could go on and on about possible scenarios but it will serve no purpose. This is still the U.S.A. and you are all free to disagree with me, however, unless someone has useful information regarding actual use of or mfg. recommendations regarding the spray I suggest we end this thread here, as we seem to have strayed too far off track.
To the members who shared knowledgeable information, My Thanks