I am sure many of you know more about bears than I do. However, I would just like to clarify something. What we call “black bears” can also be brown or cinnamon in color. Grizzlies are brown but they are identified mostly by the hump on their backs. What I am saying is, just because a bear is brown don’t panic it isn’t necessarily a grizzly.

I have a can of bear spray that was given to me by a customer. I have never carried it for the reasons mentioned. It clips on a belt but seems quite heavy. I was told by a naturalist that bear spray is only effective 50% of the time. It is one of those things where one cannot know for sure what is best. There have been people attacked by black bears where I live but it isn’t all that common. We have bears walking into our fair city at this time of year.

Howie