Bear spray on a fly in, bring or not bring?

[dog2]

might have been just my group but the last 3x's customs has ask ,Do you have any mace or bear spray. they are basicaly one and the same just a little less capsain in one. take a small air horn $8.00 @walley world . they are legal .

[Hawkfan]

Check with your outfitter too. They can tell you if bears have ever been a problem where you are going and if they may already have a can at the cabin. I seem to remember seeing a can of bear spray at an outpost we went to a while back.

[Slushfish]

I understand the laws but I can tell you this: the last and only time I tried to take a can of UDAP bear spray containing " O.C.", they confiscated it at the border. I guess I didn't need it for that moose hunt anyway.
Slushfish

[10point]

I have a couple of old cans from bow hunting deer in beer areas and I took some across in June. The border guard told me it was illegal to bring in but let me go with it anyways.

[pegasis0066]

Tell your friend to grow a pair.

[a3dad]

if you don't know how to deal with bears maybe you shouldn't be out in the wilderness after all.

[Bandit81]

Again, we know how to deal with bears and live around bears. It's just about the extra precaution. After all, you aren't driving distance to the nearest hospital if something were to happen. My post wasn't stating that "I don't know anything about bears and I'm scared, please help" I was merely asking thoughts on buying a can of bear spray as a last resort or not.

[Ogoki]

I have got to tell this one as some of you will get a chuckle from it . I had a customer of mine who would frequent the same fly-in outpost camp that I did . He came in to the shop after one trip and asked if we ever had bear problems at that camp . I told him never . He had been there several times and said not every trip but several times they had a bear in camp . I asked about double bagging trash and of course not leave trash or anything on the cabin deck . He said they were very clean at camp and just could not understand it as other people told him they never had bears in camp either . He said every morning after breakfast they always burn the bacon grease on the camp fire to get "RID" of it . I about died laughing when he told me this . He just did not realize he was actually luring the bears in . If you don't know you just don't know I guess . I knew this long before I started bear hunting .

[octanehi5]

Remember something you are a visitor in there turf, If you are careful not to attract them.iF YOU DO HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THEM ,SAVE YOUR FISH CARCASSES, and put them on a shore about 200 yards from your camp, you can watch them and take some nice pics. The bears are just looking for something to eat. Feed them the right way and they will not bother you. Your are in there world if you can not deaL with it maybe you should not go.

[Pikeslayer8]

Originally Posted by octanehi5

Remember something you are a visitor in there turf, If you are careful not to attract them.iF YOU DO HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THEM ,SAVE YOUR FISH CARCASSES, and put them on a shore about 200 yards from your camp, you can watch them and take some nice pics. The bears are just looking for something to eat. Feed them the right way and they will not bother you. Your are in there world if you can not deaL with it maybe you should not go.

First, don't leave your fishguts on the same shore as your camp. That is asking for trouble. Take your guts to an island off in the lake. The gulls will love ya for it.

Second, Do not feed the bears!