Hello, ETSers! I was one of those anonymous lurkers. I trust the info I get from here. Mr. DR & forum posters seem to be the only ones generating new info or proving past survival advice by testing rather than just repeating old wives tales.
I was recently watching a show about bear attacks. They mentioned that at night, a bear is hunting for food. If you get attacked in your tent, the bear is trying to drag you out so he can eat you. The narrator said that you should fight back. He did not say how. If you use a knife on the bear as a last resort, what is likely to happen? Will a vigorous defense & wounds to the bear really [censored] him off or will he go look for a meal elsewhere ? Although Davey Crockett killed a bear when he was only 3?, It doesn't seem to me that you could do enough damage to a bear with a knife to kill it or wound it so much that it could not continue to attack.