Hypothetical man with shovel vs Grizzly bear fight?!
Question: Ok, so i've got an unconventional summer job - I plant trees. I'm planting this summer in the southern interior of B.C. and i'm slightly concerned over this scenario. Could a person armed with a shovel (Workwizer 30" / 76cm Asymmetric (L) Kicker + D-handle) take on a Grizzly bear. What sort of strategy would be ideal for something like this?
Answers: Ok, so i've got an unconventional summer job - I plant trees. I'm planting this summer in the southern interior of B.C. and i'm slightly concerned over this scenario. Could a person armed with a shovel (Workwizer 30" / 76cm Asymmetric (L) Kicker + D-handle) take on a Grizzly bear. What sort of strategy would be ideal for something like this?
first off prevention is the key. carry a whistle or bell and make noise every 10 min. or so. bears have bad eye sight but they're sense of smell and hearing work very well. now you think you don't want to attract the bear but they don't want anything to do with you either, so make noise and give him the chance to head in another direction before you even see him.
attacks usually happen when the bear is suprised then he becomes aggresive.
so if he hears you he should go away. if not, swing the shovel over your head and yell at him to go away. this is to make your self seem larger than you are and sound aggressive like maybe he doesn't want to mess with you.
if he still doesn't go, now's the time to use his great sense of smell against him. carry a can of bear spray. it's basically pepper spray for bears.
Oh yeah when hiking in the BC mountains alway carry a whistle and pepper spray. brown bears and black bears should not be a problem but if theres a grizzly around you best not stick around.
now if your in the mountain and spot what you think might be bear poop. check it out, you can tell by the droppings what type of bear left it.
if it was a black bear, the poo will have berries and berry seeds in it.
but if it was left by a grizzly then it will have whistles in it and smell like pepper.
No way. the best thing to do will be to play dead.
hiting him with a shovel will justmake him mad, get some spray
carry a large gun
Strategy: Run
the person with the shovel could take on the grizzly as well as a tasty piece of honey glazed ham could take on Bigfoot after hibernating during the winter.... but hey, if you'd like to give it a try, then by all means do, I'd support all the way.... but I'm sure that pig would've at least chosen a better type of pork to be processed into as his means of death, than a tiny midnight-snack-sized piece of ham for Bigfoot... so if you'd rather have another way to, you know, "perish" then I don't think you should try it... but if you want to be a tasty tidbit to a giant, furry bear, then like I said... 100% support right here!
Hey I am Just happy to hear that somebody else out there is willing to stand their ground youdont hear about that anymore.