Where bears are concerned, it's better to be loud than sorry. Making a whole lotta noise is generally thought to be a good way to alert any unsuspecting fauna of your impending presence. Bear horns are one way of doing this, but when you're dealing with a potential encounter with a large and dangerous animal, you're within your right to ask: do bear horns work?
In this feature, we investigate whether you can blast a bear away from the honey pot for long enough to keep traveling through the backcountry, or if you’re just wasting your money and disturbing local wildlife.
