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Stick vs dog/dogs = maybe
Stick vs cougar/bear = useless
I've heard several accounts of cougar attacks, where the animal ambushes someone right in front of another person. The other person tries beating the animal with a walking stick until the stick breaks, then stabbing it with the broken end of the stick, all to no avail. Useless. But others have successfully killed both cougars and even bears with nothing more than a small knife.
If I see the threat coming I'm reaching for this first, if it's not already in my hands...
Not as usefull if the animal gets on top of me though, so in that case I'd probably reach for one of these, or one of the like that I useually have on me...
If that's not working, I almost always have a smaller knife too that I could grab for as well.
...And like others have said already, guns are geat, but it's not an option that is available to everyone.
Chose your sticks wisely
'Bring it on, sweetie': Man kills bear with stick (and he's got the scars to prove it)