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As Jim suggested, the idea is to avoid a close encounter in the first place. Something like this ought to get the job done:

http://www.rei.com/product/721998

They weigh a whole lot less than a shotgun and ammo, too. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

I was reading in my book on Bear Attacks in Canada and a few
other places, that these bells do alert the bear to your presence.

If you are in the arctic or grizzly country, however, it is not
advisable to wear these bells, as grizzlies and polar bears consider
humans to be prey. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/ooo.gif" alt="" />

One website that I was on, equated wearing a bear bell in grizzly
country to the same thing as "wearing a dinner bell". <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/ooo.gif" alt="" />

If I have to be in that type of country, I'm with PK on this one.
12 gauge with alternating heavy birdshot and slugs.

Cheers

Dawgs travel in packs; Don't mess with the pack JYD#62 Dave