How to Make Homemade Bear Pepper Spray
- 1). Cut 15 to 20 hot peppers into slices and place them in a pot. Cayenne or habanero peppers are the best choices for bear spray.
- 2). Fill the pot with just enough water to cover the peppers. Mash the peppers into the water using a muddling stick or other mashing tool.
- 3). Boil the peppers and water for 30 minutes. Pour the solution through a strainer into a secondary container. Ensure that no pepper chunks or seeds remain; these will clog your spray gun.
- 4). Pour the water into a spray bottle or a squirt gun. The bottle you use is critical for safety. A squirt gun or a spray bottle with a jet setting will shoot a stream of water up to 50 feet, keeping you at a safer distance from a bear.
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