If your plan for staving off a bear attack includes the use of a repellent spray, it’s important to know how it’s going to work if you ever have to use it.

If you’re going to hunt, fish, hike, camp or otherwise spend time in the Mountain West, it’s important to have a plan for dealing with the very unlikely scenario of a bear attack. Whatever implement you decide to carry will need to be both lightweight and handy enough that you’ll always carry it, and it needs to be one you know how to use. Knowing that includes understanding how it does what you’re depending on it to do.

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Kevin is the weekend edition editor for the Daily Journal. Contact him at kevin.tate@journalinc.com.

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