Border crossing- Bear spray?
This summer we will be traveling from Glacier N.P. to Banff. I was wondering if we will have any problems with carrying bear spray at border crossings.
Forum Discussion
Old joke. When travelling in the woods you carry bear spray, and wear bells. You can tell the difference between black bears and grizzly by the scat. Black bears scat smells like pepper. Grizzly has bells in it.
I carry bear bangers and a small air horn. Never had to use either. I've bumped into black bears in the bush ten feet away. Just quietly kept walking and did nothing to startle them. They will be I thresher if they think you have food, or get between them and the cubs. If it is food, give it to them. With bear bangers, make sure it goes off between you and the bear. If it lands behind him, he will vote toward you much faster.
I do worry about indiscriminate use of bear spray. Bears have a memory, and I would hate to run into one angry because he had been sprayed.
No experience with grizzlies. I wonder if the spray would be enough to stop an angry one.
By the way, bears can climb trees.
I carry bear bangers and a small air horn. Never had to use either. I've bumped into black bears in the bush ten feet away. Just quietly kept walking and did nothing to startle them. They will be I thresher if they think you have food, or get between them and the cubs. If it is food, give it to them. With bear bangers, make sure it goes off between you and the bear. If it lands behind him, he will vote toward you much faster.
I do worry about indiscriminate use of bear spray. Bears have a memory, and I would hate to run into one angry because he had been sprayed.
No experience with grizzlies. I wonder if the spray would be enough to stop an angry one.
By the way, bears can climb trees.
