If you are bowhunting and have to walk through bear country on the way to the car at night. pointy sticks dont help you much in the dark. My cap light battery died on my way back to the truck once or twice when i was way back in the woods in bear country. kinda wish i had something to scare a wayward critter away if he thought i was lunch. so i just whistled and talked to myself and stumbled down the deer trail. lol.