Bear spray is exploding in the trash near Yellowstone National Park
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Re: Bear spray is exploding in the trash near Yellowstone National Park
#2Ive bought it a few times. I just USPS ground it home to myself. There should be a donation bin at the airport and exit points.
Re: Bear spray is exploding in the trash near Yellowstone National Park
#3Ive bought it a few times. I just USPS ground it home to myself. There should be a donation bin at the airport and exit points.
Funny enough! There is a donation/disposal bin for bear-spray at BZN (the primary airport you fly to visit yellowstone).
Re: Bear spray is exploding in the trash near Yellowstone National Park
#4Seems rather wasteful for tourists to buy a can of bear spray, carry it around for a week, then throw it away. But sad that coming up with some kind of system to hand it off to the next tourist is hard? Otherwise everyone would use the rentals and there wouldn’t be so many in the trash.
Re: Bear spray is exploding in the trash near Yellowstone National Park
#5Seems rather wasteful for tourists to buy a can of bear spray, carry it around for a week, then throw it away. But sad that coming up with some kind of system to hand it off to the next tourist is hard? Otherwise everyone would use the rentals and there wouldn’t be so many in the trash.
The rental cost is nearly the same cost as buying a can, or at least it was when I was there.
Re: Bear spray is exploding in the trash near Yellowstone National Park
#6Is bear spray like mosquito spray.
Re: Bear spray is exploding in the trash near Yellowstone National Park
#7Is bear spray like mosquito spray.
No, it's like a super pepper spray. You definitely don't want to spray it on yourself.
Re: Bear spray is exploding in the trash near Yellowstone National Park
#8Seems rather wasteful for tourists to buy a can of bear spray, carry it around for a week, then throw it away. But sad that coming up with some kind of system to hand it off to the next tourist is hard? Otherwise everyone would use the rentals and there wouldn’t be so many in the trash.
It really shouldn't be hard. As you're walking out, just hand it to someone walking in. Even for our State Fair with the coupon racket that is used, I've been handed a string of tickets walking to the gate from someone that bought more than they could use. Funny timing though, I had already pre-purchased tickets that I didn't even use. On exiting, I gave away what I was given plus what I didn't use.
The fact that there's not a stand/bin with a "need one, take one" type of sign is kind of head scratcher
Re: Bear spray is exploding in the trash near Yellowstone National Park
#9Is bear spray like mosquito spray.
Bear spray works as well on humans as it does on bears.
Re: Bear spray is exploding in the trash near Yellowstone National Park
#10Is bear spray like mosquito spray.
Yes