You meet bad people all of the time in cities and other civilized places. Does that make you wanna go buy a flame thrower? No need man. Just go hike!
Instead of taking the time to deploy something from a hiking pole, why not opt for a greater range? Bear spray with a 30-35 foot range would keep any varmints further away from you. Plus if you are bushwhacking, you don't have to worry about it hanging up on the vegetation like a pole would. If a hog was charging me, my preference would be to engage it a 30 feet vs 4 feet.
"Sleepy alligator in the noonday sun
Sleepin by the river just like he usually done
Call for his whisky
He can call for his tea
Call all he wanta but he can't call me..."
Robert Hunter & Ron McKernan
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Walking Sticks for Self Defense
Here ya go: Blow gun, knife,lance etc...... http://www.crawfordknives.com/SURVIV...20PAGE%201.htm
Put one of these on the end of a stick and make a spear
Oops. Forgot the link. http://www.coldsteel.com/fixed-blades-bushman.html
ooh, ooh, ooh! go to Chaco's horse poo thread and you'll have **** on a stick!! fling that at a bear!
An accidental fall on such a Rube Goldberg device would most likely shorten your pole and you'd have nothing to expose.CBSSTony-"I have been thinking of a way to attach a bayonet or forked type device to my trekking poles. Any thoughts? Maybe attach around the second section so that if the need arrises I can shorten the pole to expose the device."
"Sleepy alligator in the noonday sun
Sleepin by the river just like he usually done
Call for his whisky
He can call for his tea
Call all he wanta but he can't call me..."
Robert Hunter & Ron McKernan
Whiteblaze.net User Agreement.
oh, Lord! yes, you might need protection if you run into a randomly wandering group of billvillians (billvillains?) in the woods!
A good case for antibiotics.
J/K.
"Sleepy alligator in the noonday sun
Sleepin by the river just like he usually done
Call for his whisky
He can call for his tea
Call all he wanta but he can't call me..."
Robert Hunter & Ron McKernan
Whiteblaze.net User Agreement.
you know, just a word of warning, but if i saw you wandering around in the woods (not on a path, so you say) with a bayonet strapped to your pole, i'd be pretty much assume that you were some kind of freakin' nut-nut, similar to Hilton (may he rot in Hell), and the dogs would immediately be taken off the leash...