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    James holden
    BPL Member

    @bearbreeder-2

    more at link

    http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/inventor-s-hiking-stick-can-fend-off-bears-1.1700725

    A Thunder Bay man has combined his interest in martial arts and hiking to create what he thinks is an effective bear deterrent.

    Jim Morris is marketing what he calls The Bear Stick, which was developed from an idea he had while hiking. He said it's similar to a Jo, a weapon used in the martial art Aikido.

    ;)

    #2024912
    Justin Baker
    BPL Member

    @justin_baker

    Locale: Santa Rosa, CA

    A nail on a stick… that should work!

    #2024916
    alex hansen
    Member

    @holden425

    He better have a good one…

    #2024919
    Aaron Sorensen
    BPL Member

    @awsorensen

    Locale: South of Forester Pass

    If you're that close, you can just pat them on the head as they walk by.

    I would think that stick would be a worse idea.
    A poked bear is an angry bear.

    #2024920
    David Thomas
    BPL Member

    @davidinkenai

    Locale: North Woods. Far North.

    Where you find these things, Eric? Apparently, it's a slow news day in Canada: "And before we get to the maple syrup price futures report . . . . "

    I made myself one of those. But the nail was smaller. And I made it to pick up litter on the trail without bending over. It worked well for that.

    For some reason, when people go all primitive, they start with a somewhat straight stick they found on the trail. Whenever I see a useable handle set aside at the trash transfer station, I snag it. Later, when I need a staff, handle extension, tree-house handrail, etc, I use that perfectly straight-grained, turned, sanded handle of 3-, 4-, or 5-foot length. Lacking that resource:

    For $6, 5-feet-long (you can put the handle/strap short of the top), ash, pretty light:

    http://www.homedepot.com/p/True-Temper-60-in-Tapered-Broom-Handle-2700100/100605569#.UjYQcxYqdz9

    For $11, 4-feet-long and VERY sturdy:

    http://www.homedepot.com/p/True-Temper-46-5-in-Solid-Shank-Shovel-Handle-2037400/100605615#.UjYQxRYqdz8

    #2024924
    Bob Gross
    BPL Member

    @b-g-2-2

    Locale: Silicon Valley

    Instead of a walking stick with a nail, how about using a baseball bat with a nail?

    Dual purpose.

    –B.G.–

    #2024930
    David Thomas
    BPL Member

    @davidinkenai

    Locale: North Woods. Far North.

    Is what my mother always said.

    When she wasn't saying, "You could burn yourself".

    #2024941
    Ken Thompson
    BPL Member

    @here

    Locale: Right there

    Luxurylite is way ahead of him.

    http://www.luxurylite.com/ssindex.html

    #2024942
    Travis Leanna
    BPL Member

    @t-l

    Locale: Wisconsin

    Check out the video in this review. Back when BPL had a sense of humor that also educated.

    Duh! I never posted the link!

    http://www.backpackinglight.com/cgi-bin/backpackinglight/2008_luxurylite_big_survival_stik_staff_review.html#.Ujb5qKa9LCQ

    #2024952
    Matthew Perry
    BPL Member

    @bigfoot2

    Locale: Hammock-NOT Tarptent!

    Canadians…what a bunch of ice-holes. I laughed so hard I peed my kilt………

    Matt

    #2024962
    Hoot Filsinger
    BPL Member

    @filsinger

    Locale: Pacific Northwest

    Ken,
    That Texan Toothpick is lightweight but I prefer this:

    Bear stick

    #2024971
    Ken Thompson
    BPL Member

    @here

    Locale: Right there
    #2025081
    Desert Dweller
    Member

    @drusilla

    Locale: Wild Wild West

    We need a mongo taser for bears……forget the sticks with nails…

    #2025095
    Luke Schmidt
    BPL Member

    @cameron

    Locale: Alaska

    Natives used to kill grizzlies (and lions in Africa) by getting them to charge and spearing them. No info on the mortality rate for Native American bear hunters.

    But the spear heads were wider and would have penetrated a lot more bear. This thing would make a small short hole in the bear and make it madder. I think you'd have better luck with a .22 rifle.

    #2025148
    robert van putten
    Member

    @bawana

    Locale: Planet Bob

    Real men don't need sticks, they just punch the bears out.

    " A man has told how he punched a grizzly bear to scare it off after the animal entered the camping tent he and his girlfriend were sleeping in.
    Jason Lauesen and Liz Pawelko of Fairbanks, Alaska were reportedly woken up early by shaking and a bear's head, or possibly a paw, coming into Mr Lauesen's side of their tent.
    At the time of the scare earlier this month, Mr Lauesen did not have his glasses on, and does not know what part of the bear he made contact with.
    But whatever part entered the tent shredded the inflatable mattress he was sleeping on at the Sourdough Campground.
    He told the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner: "I was sort of half asleep, and at first, I thought, 'Jeez, this is really tossing and turning.'
    "Then I realised what was going on so I sat up. My first reaction was to punch, so I did."
    The couple estimated the entire bear encounter, which happened about 6am, lasted less than a minute. They described the bear as relatively small, but definitely a grizzly.
    The pair were coming back from a trip to McCarthy in Wrangell-St Elias National Park and had arrived at the campsite late the night before.
    After the encounter, they found the jacket Mr Lauesen had been using as a pillow soaked in bear saliva that reeked of fish.
    This indicated the bear probably had its head in the tent"

    http://news.sky.com/story/1142504/grizzly-bear-punched-by-camper-in-alaska

    #2025503
    James holden
    BPL Member

    @bearbreeder-2

    “I punched her right square in the nose,” he said. “I gave it all I had to get away.”

    Thankfully, Lacerte’s final blow was enough to scare off the grizzly and stop the attack.

    more at link

    http://globalnews.ca/news/824369/man-punches-grizzly-bear-to-escape-vicious-attack-in-b-c/

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