I didn’t want to use the bear spray or the 10mm i had with me. I could hear the crushing and tearing of muscle as her long canines buried deep into my right arm with each fresh bite. After what seemed an eternity but was perhaps only a few seconds, she disappeared, the acrid scent of bear spray still lingering in the air. I took inventory: substantial injuries, but nothing life-threatening, and isolated to my right arm, shoulder, and upper back. Whatever the case, it happened so quickly I had no time to use the bear spray or my pistol.