In all the years hunting I've only had to deter 2 bears one was a grizz we found sleeping on my buddies caribou on the open tundra ,that time it took 2 shot from a 44,to awake him,He ran about a half a mile and sat down and watched us recover what we could,then he ran back to it when we walked a way .The other time was a black bear that ran in and started eating the moose I was butchering .I used a 375 rum at 10 yards the slug hit him in the shoulder and flipped him head over hills ,when he hit the ground he never moved again. I dought that I would ever take my finger off the trigger to get a spray can out and hope it detered a bear.But if thats what you want to try, good luck to you .


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