What Pete said. I bought mine at the Home Hardware and I think MEC has them too. Probably not shipable due to it being explosive stuff. I always had one when I worked in the Yukon and Northern BC. I’ve deployed a banger a couple times here. Once when a female with cubs was blocking the valley trail with no easy way around and I had my two labs on leash walking. The second time it was to deter a female with cubs from getting close and allowed me to turn around and go a different way. I carry spray now too because I’ve been bluff charged a number of times, always black bear with cubs but we have grizzlies in the Whistler valley now too.
The cartridge is also a flare which has other uses. But in the past I had both flares and bangers.
[https://www.mec.ca/en/product/4007-146/pen-launcher-kit](https://www.mec.ca/en/product/4007-146/pen-launcher-kit)
July 12, 2024, 10:37 a.m. - Andy Eunson
What Pete said. I bought mine at the Home Hardware and I think MEC has them too. Probably not shipable due to it being explosive stuff. I always had one when I worked in the Yukon and Northern BC. I’ve deployed a banger a couple times here. Once when a female with cubs was blocking the valley trail with no easy way around and I had my two labs on leash walking. The second time it was to deter a female with cubs from getting close and allowed me to turn around and go a different way. I carry spray now too because I’ve been bluff charged a number of times, always black bear with cubs but we have grizzlies in the Whistler valley now too. The cartridge is also a flare which has other uses. But in the past I had both flares and bangers. [https://www.mec.ca/en/product/4007-146/pen-launcher-kit](https://www.mec.ca/en/product/4007-146/pen-launcher-kit)