Dogs always wants to protect us, but this can be scary if you stumble across a bear. How should you react? Here are defensive and offensive measures alike.

Wildlife attacks on humans are rare in Colorado, but experts say bear spray can save your life when a charging animal approaches.

Adventuring in bear country requires keeping your senses sharp at all times. When it comes to smells, bears have a distinct odor to look out for.

Bear Spray Pros and Cons As I mentioned above, a sidearm is just one piece of my bear defense strategy. I also carry bear spray, which has its place as well.

As bear conflicts with humans are on the rise across Connecticut, self-defense products such as bear spray are popular items in outdoor recreation stores.

Aughton added that bear spray should be kept readily available in a holster, where one can grab it at any moment—and everyone in a group should have one on them.

A mountain biker survived a close enounter with a bear near troy last week according to Montana, Fish, Wildlife and ...

Dear Tee Cee: I need to restock on my bear spray since my old stuff has expired. Can I recycle the can, or should I toss it? Dear Jaqueline: That’s a bear-y good question! Bear spray should ...

The most extensive study to date on bear self-defense shows that bear spray is more effective than firearms at deterring attacks.

Sep. 23—A group of visitors in Glacier National Park used bear spray to ward off a grizzly after it bit a Washington man last week as they hiked through foggy conditions along the popular ...

Megan Jacobson’s op-ed “What’s a Girl to Do in Case of Machetes?” (Aug. 29) states that New York state’s pepper-spray laws make it all but impossible for her to purchase pepper spray for ...

Bear spray is essentially worthless under those conditions. And, of course, if the wind is blowing back toward you from a menacing bear, the spray will work its magic on you, rendering it difficult ...