BaysideBob wrote: >I'd opt for pepper spray. Not CS or CN (tear gas), it has no effect on most >animals. Look for the OC in the strongest solution you can get. My >employer issues me 10%, but the strongest civilians can get in my state is >5%. It works on just about all mammals, although I've had it fail on a few >humans, and you won't get the Fish&Game folks trying to hang you out to dry >like they will for dispatching the wrong critter. An interesting note on relative danger: Here in Montana, we can buy OC labeled "Bear Spray" which is 5% oleoresin capsicum. You can also buy cans of OC for stopping assaults/rapists/jetskiers (just kidding!). Its OC strength? 10%. Seems like you'd need stronger OC to stop a 150-lb thug than a 600-lb sow, but the product developers would have us think otherwise. Even more interesting is that the 10% OC sells for about $20, where the 5% OC bear spray retails for nearly $40! Shawn -- Shawn W. Baker 0 46°53'N © 2000 ____©/______ 114°06'W ~~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^\ ,/ /~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^ baker_at_montana.com 0 http://www.missoulaconcrete.com/shawn/ *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Apr 19 2000 - 07:33:35 PDT
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