Bear spray
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Sep 19, 2026
Downrigger DaleHOST
I'll try to put some of those in the podcast description.
Downrigger DaleHOST
If you've got older bear spray, does that run out? Does that lose its effectiveness or anything? I mean, how long should we wait to replace that? The cans
Neil AndersonGUEST
have an
Downrigger DaleHOST
expiration
Nick ForemanGUEST
But if you do see a mother bear with cubs, you still kind of want to make yourself known, make noise, get large, stand up, and you would slowly back out and see if you can kind of back away and get out from between the two of them while still kind of standing your ground and making yourself known.
Chris Van VlietADVERTISER
Hey, does bear spray work?
Nick ForemanGUEST
Yeah, bear spray definitely works.
Nick ForemanGUEST
It's a great deterrent for it.
Nick ForemanGUEST
You know, nothing is 100%, but it does definitely give you a chance.
Tommy FowlerHOST
[upbeat music] So folks, tonight we talked about a lot of different things to do if you run into a black bear.
Tommy FowlerHOST
Uh, we haven't mentioned grizzly bears yet, but for all of those, some folks will buy bear spray, and there's bear spray out there to buy.
Tommy FowlerHOST
But if you're flying in an airplane, you're going out west or somewhere where there are bears, you can't fly with your bear spray.
Tommy FowlerHOST
So when you, uh, get to an outfitter or a sporting goods store, there are places out west, um, that there's enough need that people, uh, businesses will rent you bear spray.
Tommy FowlerHOST
So with that being the case, does bear spray actually work? So I hike a lot, but I've never bought or carried bear spray.
Tommy FowlerHOST
Now am I, am I against it? No.
Tommy FowlerHOST
I mean, if I was out west and I was gonna be overnighting it and I was gonna be in grizzly bear country or I was gonna be in Alaska with the brown bears, you know, and those are some big, big predators, and they can definitely kill you, and they can definitely eat you.
Tommy FowlerHOST
And so, uh, you might, just depends on what your philosophy is on guns, but you might need to carry something, uh, like that, but you most definitely might need to carry bear spray.
Thaddeus YoungGUEST
They don't play that shit over there
Charlie VillanuevaHOST
You could, you know, what's it? The Bear Mace or whatever?
HongHOST
The Bear Mace, [laughs] yeah, Bear Mace.
HongHOST
Yeah.
Charlie VillanuevaHOST
That's it, yeah, Bear Mace.
HongHOST
That's what, that's what, that's what-
Charlie VillanuevaHOST
But, hey, but it's a lot of people that get stabbed in Canada, though.
BenHOST
I was having a conversation with my wife yesterday.
BenHOST
She's like, oh, we got to get bear spray.
BenHOST
I was like, well, we got to get bear spray.
BenHOST
Sorry.
BenHOST
What are you talking about? I thought we were just doing nature walks with a fence.
BenHOST
No, no, no. We're going to be in the shit.
BenHOST
Okay, cool.
BenHOST
So we got to get bear spray now.
SandraHOST
[laughs]
Nadine BartonHOST
Yessi, you could just bring that bear spray and go- go take care of the bat with bear spray, okay? [laughs]
Yessi RodriguezHOST
You said the bear spray?
Nadine BartonHOST
Yeah.
Nadine BartonHOST
[laughs]
Yessi RodriguezHOST
You gotta tell me more about this mir- bear spray, ma'am.
Yessi RodriguezHOST
[laughs]
SandraHOST
Yeah, it's a mammal.
Todd BrandtHOST
So does a...
Todd BrandtHOST
Speaking of the outdoors, does a, uh, bear spray work on a moose? I guess it does, huh?
PussPANELIST
It does.
Mike TylerHOST
It's, it's, it's pepper spray.
PussPANELIST
She's got, like, three little dogs out there running around.
PussPANELIST
This giant moose comes in.
PussPANELIST
And y- you know, the m- the bear spray works.
PussPANELIST
You know what doesn't? Screaming like a bitch, 'cause that's the other shing- thing she's doing.
speaker_24UNKNOWN
[laughs]
Greg WarrenSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
But they have bears, you know? They told me if I was gonna go hiking, I had to buy this bear spray.
Greg WarrenSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
It cost $60.
Greg WarrenSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Just so you guys know, this stuff is not like Off! Like-
speaker_24UNKNOWN
[laughs]
Greg WarrenSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I didn't see any bears.
Greg WarrenSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Then I was looking online, and the TSA said you're not allowed to bring that bear spray on the plane 'cause it's a weapon.
Greg WarrenSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
It was $60.
Shawn SpainhourHOST
Field skills, wildlife distance, bison, bears, and keeping the margin.
Shawn SpainhourHOST
We are going to cover the real numbers on bison risk, how bear spray actually works, and why the data on it is better than people assume.
Shawn SpainhourHOST
Food and scent storage, and the honest psychology of why smart people keep doing the exact thing that gets them hurt.
Shawn SpainhourHOST
None of this is complicated.
Shawn SpainhourHOST
You move away immediately, calmly, without turning your back and running if you can avoid it.
Shawn SpainhourHOST
Putting distance and ideally an obstacle, a vehicle, a solid structure between yourself and the animal.
Shawn SpainhourHOST
If it follows and continues to close the distance, that is exactly the situation bear spray is designed for.
Shawn SpainhourHOST
And yes, bear spray works on bison too.
Stacey BrotzelHOST
They're the best bears because you're in a car and they are not in the car with you.
Stacey BrotzelHOST
So I have bear spray, but I've never used it.
Stacey BrotzelHOST
Do you have a can of bear spray?
BrynHOST
owned multiple cans of bear spray and we take it with us when we go to canmore when we go to bamf and i have it do i know how to use it no siree bob
Stacey BrotzelHOST
no i bought mine at canadian tire because they expire so i had some expired stuff and then i took it to canadian tire and the guy told me to aim it above above the bear's head so high so then if the bear is running towards you it runs into the peppers spray cloud others told me said don't do that that's dumb but i question if i could even get the safety off properly you know when you when you're starting to panic and that's why i guess why there's a bear spray demonstration a workshop if you will in cochrane on saturday hendrick bush is with wildlife coexistence cochrane and joins us on the line good morning good morning henrik Good morning.
Stacey BrotzelHOST
How close have you been to a bear?
Hendrik BöschGUEST
Very close.
BrynHOST
That sounds gorgeous and terrifying all at exactly the same time.
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