The Bear Necessities: Fat Bear Week and Your Guide to Bear Safety During Hibernation Season
While humans celebrate Fat Bear Week with memes, live streams, and jovial debates about which plump ursine creature deserves the annual crown, the impending winter hibernation for bears serves as a poignant reminder. The countdown to hibernation is a crucial period for bear safety, a time when these animals are foraging aggressively to prepare for […]
How to Use Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Against a Bear
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Against Bears Wait for the bear to make a move When it attacks, duck and shoot in Take its back It won’t be able to reach you with its short arms Go for a rear-naked choke When the bear passes out, it will fall forward, you did it! Now snap out of […]
Angler Shoots and Kills Grizzly Bear in Self-Defense in Montana
An angler shot and killed a grizzly bear in self-defense on August 30, 2023, in the Tom Miner Basin in Montana. The incident is still under investigation, but FWP believes that the anglers surprised the bear in a close encounter, and its behavior was defensive. The anglers were walking through dense vegetation when the bear […]
Epic Match: College Wrestlers Survive Vs. Wyoming Grizzly Bear
Two college wrestlers from Northwest College in Powell, Wyoming, survived a grizzly bear attack by fighting back. When the bear ambushed, Kendall Cummings and Brady Lowry were searching for fallen antlers in the Shoshone National Forest. The bear pounced on Lowry first, but Cummings was able to pull the bear off him and fight back […]
Forest Safety: Packing Bullets or Bear Spray?
The debate between bullets and bear spray as a means of protection is intriguing. At face value, the answer seems obvious. Guns are designed to inflict harm and kill, while pepper spray offers a non-lethal form of self-defense. However, the decision regarding an encounter with a bear requires some more examination. Self-defense against grizzly bears […]
Using Pepper Spray on Dogs, Lions, Tigers, and Bears
Stream, fogger, gel… you can get pepper spray in many varieties. You can get 1/2 ounce keychains, 2, 4, 9, and 16 oz. canisters, pepper spray jogging models, police models, and even a Mace pepper gun. All of our pepper spray and Mace products are specially formulated for self-defense use as an inflammatory agent against […]
Arizona Man Killed by Bear in Unprovoked Attack
A 66-year-old man was killed by a bear in a “highly uncommon (in Arizona),” unprovoked attack on Friday, June 16, 2023. Steven Jackson, of Tucson, was sitting in a chair outside of his campsite drinking coffee in the Groom Creek area near Prescott when a bear attacked him, according to the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office. […]
Bear Attack in Italy Kills Jogger
A 26-year-old jogger was killed by a bear in the Italian Alps on April 5, 2023. Andrea Papi was out for a run in the mountains near his village of Caldes when he was attacked by a brown bear. Papi was pronounced dead at the scene. The bear, which has been identified as JJ4, is […]
Bear Safety and the Use of Bear Pepper Spray
Bears are large, powerful animals that can be dangerous if they feel threatened. If you are planning on spending time in bear country, it is important to be aware of bear safety and to take precautions to avoid an encounter. If you are ever caught there without bear pepper spray, you may have made a […]