What always gets me is the "experts" always recommend bear spray. The same "experts" that go in to investigate in numbers with Benelli shotguns, LOL. I've bear sprayed aggressive dogs and it didn't work well. Dang sure ain't using it on a charging griz.
Forget bear spray. Friend of mine that lives in WY said a friend of his got attacked by a grizzly and a 44 magnum wasn’t enough with 3 hits on the bear. I called bs but he swears the guy shot and hit the bear 3 times with 44 magnum and it was still coming. So I definitely wouldn’t want to rely on bear spray. It apparently ran off from what my friend told me. Im a little suspicious about a bear taking 3 hits from a 44 magnum and living.