are we welcome ?
getting ready to make our semi annual trip north and keep reading about boycotts and strikes against us people and products,just wondering if this advisable time to visit or not.
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free radical wrote:C-172-AV8R wrote:
Do You know what B.C. Stands for? “Bring Cash” and lots of it. You really need to quit reading the news. It’s all bad and then it gets worse. Do come we promise not to bite. We really do like our neighbours or we woudn’t spend so much trying to get you to come here. Leave your beer at home.Ours is better! And please leave your weapons at home. You really don’t need them unless you intend to walk out in the forest and piss off a bear. We have some pretty awesome and friendly border agents till you try to put one over on them and the dogs are also good at their job and they do bite. See you on the trail
Is bear spray legal to carry around?
I know someone who got attacked by a bear in North Vancouver of all places,there are woods all around and bears come scrounging for food right into peoples houses..
also when I was in Calgary one summer a cougar came into somebodys back yard,not sure if police shot it or what happened,,
So always expect the unexpected
:)
As an instructor told us during a survival course for downed pilots, “if a bear gets close enough that you could use bear spray, you may as well just tell him he has bad breath, it’s about as likely to discourage him.”.
The other issue is crossing the border with it. While it’s legal (provided it clearly labelled as “bear spray” not self+defence) if declared or found, border agents may, based on your destination, say it’s not needed and refuse it.
