“In hindsight I likely should have discharged the bear spray earlier and likely will do so in the future, but there was also a strong wind and I needed to make sure I was upwind of the bear and spray,” he wrote. It delivers a heavy fog of spray that has been tested effective in the field by members of the Elmendorf Air Force Base in Alaska and Brown Bear Resources in Missoula, Montana.
It features a 30-foot range with a large barrier of up to 45 grams per second. Even Matwishyn wished he had done one thing differently.Īlso on FTW Outdoors: Three men sentenced to jail and fined for wading with bears The Frontiersman 7.9-ounce Bear Spray is an essential addition to any hiker’s toolkit. It uses the same active ingredient as pepper spray capsaicin, a chemical component of chili peppers. Many commenters on the Facebook post offered opinions (and criticisms) on what he did wrong, though others told him he did everything right. Having a bear spray also known as bear mace / bear pepper spray / bear repellent is a must for protecting yourself and loved ones from aggressive bears. Bear spray was developed in the 1980s after a spate of fatal bear attacks against people. The bear immediately turned and went away.
“After about five minutes of the bear following but never directly charging me, I decided to discharge my spray and thankfully it worked as designed,” Matwishyn wrote. The bear kept following as Matwishyn walked backward, pointing a can of bear spray in the animal’s direction, as seen in his Instagram and Facebook video posts. He began videotaping as the bear continued to follow him, calmly saying “Hey bear, it’s okay…Hey bear, get out of here, I’m leaving…Whoa bear.” “When it turned off the trail and started following me, I started shouting and waving my arms over my head to try to scare it off, but it was not phased by that,” he wrote.
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