Originally Posted by
fietsbob
Going on a tour thru grizzly bear country is entirely a Personal choice . I doubt it's an issue in NJ.
No grizz in NJ, but there is a healthy black bear population for a state of its size. Last year a hiker was mauled to death by one, but that was a freak occurrence.
Absent a trip into some serious grizz country I see no need for the stuff.
BTW...Did you ever see the film "Jeremiah Johnson" starring Robert Redford? The real life man the film is based on, Jack "Liver Eatin'" Johnson, was born in NJ.