Loaded gun in tent for protection

[bilmac]

Don't you think using bear spray when tangled up in tent, bedding, and a romping bear would spray you more than bear??

[FPH]

Whatever rifle I have with me during the hunt.
 Being armed off season in campgrounds is frowned upon here. But then I haven't slept in a tent for many years.

I am quite certain if they knew people had firearms in camp grounds "they" would not be so happy...

Reminds me of a saying.... I would rather be judged by 12 than carried by six.... 

CW

Ask for forgiveness, not permission.

[Empty Quiver]

Don't you think using bear spray when tangled up in tent, bedding, and a romping bear would spray you more than bear??

Although a godawful scenario one would hope to survive the spray in better shape than a mauling. Bears seem to crave the sweet and the savory more so than spicey,   when is the last time you heard of a bear baiter serving up enchiladas and chile.
 
I have come into a .41 Blackhawk that now goes camping. I can agree that I would have more to fear from my fellow tentmates than the bear were I to set off a can of bear spray in the tent.  Those old Swedes think catsup is spicey.

[Victor3]

Getting close to camping trip #400 in my lifetime. My Dad was never without a gun while camping when I was a kid and I always have one while out with my family or friends.

Only times I've been without one was while camping with the Scouts with my Son, at camps that were more like Disneyland than real campgrounds.

I have tents but like to bed down in a vehicle whenever possible. About ten years ago two buddies and I were camping in the Southern Sierras on a quail hunt. I was sleeping in the back of my Ford Explorer, they were in tents. At dawn, one of my buddies excitedly wakes me up to tell me there's a bear ~100 yds away. I look out the window and say...

"Yep, that's a bear. Wake me up at 7:00..... or when you run out of ammo."