A bear expert study has found that people using bear spray during grizzly bear encounters are injured far less often than people using firearms.
EVDS emeriti Dr. Steve Herrero tells the Missoulian that 98 per cent of those who used bear spray walked away unharmed, and no people or bears died.
He says 56 per cent of those who used firearms were injured, and 61 per cent of the bears died.
The firearms study involved 269 incidents with 444 hunters. The bear spray study had 72 incidents with 175 people, though some of those might have been less dangerous encounters.
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