Thankfully Ive never had to test pepper spray against a Bear; but I had an exciting incident against a big dog. I was a cop at the time and looking for a suspect. As I rounded the back of the house, I came face to face with a HUGE dog who was running towards me. I really didnt want to shoot the dog for doing his job and protecting his yard, so I used my issued Pepper spray. Now I have seen 300lb bouncers turn into babies when sprayed with this stuff; but no such luck with the dog. He did stop and turn away; but it was more like I squirted him with a water gun--sorta a stop that maneuver. No yelping no running away in pain or fear just a WTF?

On another incident, we were serving a warrant and a Pit Bull took some serious dislike to us kicking in the door and came at us with real attitude. One of the lead guys "shot" him with the Taser. The dog went down like the videos, shite on the floor in the process, then took off never to be scene again (yeah we really did look).

Moral to the story, if I was forced to travel in Bear country without a gun, then Id definitely want a TASER (Not a Stun gun but a real TASER). The civilian versions "run" for 30 seconds (much longer than the PD versions). The next question is what you do during the 30 seconds AND what the bear does afterward????