[skeet]

Adam.. I agree about the 44 mag rather than a can of bear spray.. BUT.. I can see you have never been around grizzlies. Situational awareness sounds good but sometimes S**t does happen. A friend calling for his father was aware of the grizz behind him only because of bad breath. These things are APEX predators and can sneak up on an aware elk or moose much less a person. A friend in Alaska avoided an encounter only because of the smell of rotting meat.. Luckily he was down wind of the bear.. But the bad thing is a grizzly has to be chewing on your arm before you can kill it. Makes no sense but that is the way of the ESA. Even if you are attacked they do an after action investigation..trying to prove you could avoid the attack. But the idea of bear spray as an item of last resort is absolutely ridiculous. But the stores in this area make BIG bucks selling bear spray using scare tactics. I have seen it selling in Cody for as much as 50 bucks per can. My bear spray of choice is a Ruger 41 mag..