So if I understand correctly, we're to "Walk softly (with our canister of course) and carry a big slingshot. To instill a "fear of man" into bears again will take at least a generation. The bears out there now will not give in so easily I'm sure. It's the new cubs who are trainable and need the education that "berries are better than backpacks". Just my $.02 --Phil-n-the-blanks