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Originally Posted by Bighorn River
If I'm hunting, rifle and bear spray suffice. If I'm hiking, bear spray.
There is a real, but tiny risk of a negative bear encounter in the bush, and there are sure anecdotes of all types but the weight of the data shows bear spray is your best bet.
Just an observation, but its sure funny that folks here seem a lot more scared of the bush than some of the backpacking pages I frequent.
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