after i turned off the camera i policed the area up.
i will admit the first bear round caught me off guard.the blank had no recoil and when i squeezed off the first 180 Gr the kick flipped my wrist around a bit.
the blanks had enough of a blast that i'm sure they would work as a scare round.
they make a "cowboy round" that has more smoke so i might give a bag of those a try.