Kingfisher & Steelhead Addict - U are both the type of quick jump to conclusion, jump on somebodies ass, anal retentives that cause negative crap throwing on here w/o knowing what the hell U are talking about; nor bothering to either THINK or ask Q's before shooting your mouths off!! Did U actually think I would walk up to spray this stuff right near the bears?? The intent was to tap spray a very small amount into a downward soft breeze from about 100 feet away to see if they showed any signs of aversion to the strength in my individual cannister. I don't care to trust my life to assembly line workers. If U want something worhty to snibble about, watch the film of Dr. Charles Jonkle of the U. of Montana, who invented this product for N. Rockies hikers, spray 2 black bears at close range in a cage to test both the affectiveness and the potential side affects on the bears; while I don't agree with his tactic it did prove affective and did NOT harm the bears. They simply retract & sneeze, while people get hard coughing fits. And his invention and testing has been credited by the Montana Dept. of Fish & Wildlife for saving a number of lives of people hiking the Bob Marshall Wilderness & Glacier National Park. And probably a lot of others in B.C. & AK. WITHOUT a single incidence of harm to a bear!! In fact it has saved many bears from getting shot to death!- Also, U both saw fit to make utterly baseless & wrong guesses about other things I MIGHT have done. About as dumb as if I were to suggest U guys hump sheep based on your posts! Do U? - Anyway, keep the good bear stories coming. (Tender lightweights need not click on the subject).- The Real Truth - P.S.- Kingfisher, right you are below. Excuse the oversight of me grouping you with the S.A. fool embarrassment post. And I am aware of how fast bears run; especially browns. I stayed pretty close to the Wagoneer. Thanks, good fishing.

[This message has been edited by Reel Truth (edited 03-27-2000).]