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Message: <blockquote data-quote="wjschmaltz" data-source="post: 326133" data-attributes="member: 6150">We usually replace our spray every other year with the 2 packs of UDAP they sell at Costco for like $30-$40. Probably a regional item, but you could likely order online. Also check camofire like someone else suggested. I disagree with most posts on this subject so far. Especially if I’m hunting, I always keep food in my tent. No thanks on a bear running off with all my food for 10 days. Only exception is if I’m on Kodiak and IF I’m even in a place where I can hang it. Goat country on Kodiak, food is in the tent. Every weekend we’re out camping in bear country and although I store the majority of food in the pickup, we always have snacks in the tent and often eat breakfast in the tent by the stove. Most of the time we’re on salmon streams (Kenai, Crescent, Buskin, Russian) and bears could care less about bacon and eggs. I always keep a 44 in a stopbox in the tent when just out casual (non hunting) camping.No way in hell am I walking around with a shotgun/rifle everywhere I go. That’s reaching paranoia levels of the pictures of people in grocery stores with plastic covid shields built around them. Just stay home if you’re that scared. The only time I carry a long gun specifically for bear protection is while actually baiting for bears and I carry my 375. The whole shotgun thing always sounds great, but I’ve been within that 20 yard range of curious/angry grizzlies a few times and I never once though about a warning shot or wishing I could “pepper” it. I’m just waiting for it to make its move and sending 300 grains from his nose to his ass if he makes the wrong one. I know of a handful of guys that have had to DLP grizzlies/brown bears with a 375 or 45-70 and all instances have stopped bears cold. I know one instance where a friend had his work issue him a shotgun with slugs for a remote job and they had to DLP a brown bear. It did the job, but he described it as a damn rodeo and said he would never even consider it again.The vast majority of the time I carry only spray. Exceptions are a long hike that isn’t traveled often by humans or if I’m fishing alone in the middle of the night. Then I’ll also grab a 10 mm or 44.  If I see the bear coming, I’m plenty confident with spray and playing the wind. If I surprise a bear or it comes at me off trail, it likely won’t matter if I have a rifle, spray, or bare knuckle boxing as a defense.</blockquote>

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