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Old 12-28-2017, 03:24 AM   #1
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Question When in Polar bear country I guess the .12 gauge shotgun is the gun of choice?

The Largest Land Carnivores in the World: The Polar Bear and Kodiak Bear.

http://twistedsifter.com/2012/04/15-...-in-the-world/

O.K. so I am watching the Netflix series "Polar Bear Town" a show about them in Alaska. Police, game wardens, locals, scientists, tour guides almost all to a man was carrying a .12 gauge shotgun for protection?
So I guess if one is attacking you you shoot them in the face? What would you carry if in their A.O.?

ADD: Everyone in the small town leaves their cars and trucks unlocked. This so people can jump in if getting chased by a polar bear. Holy sheet.
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a 20mm? those guys are vicious when hungry.
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Old 12-28-2017, 08:40 AM   #4
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In some of the mountain towns around here, I've seen the cops use 12 gauge bean bags to chase bears out of town without killing them. The black bears run like hell when hit with one of those.

Polar bears? I don't know. They are some big ass bears! Maybe they are scared of the noise?
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The Danish Slaedepatruljen Sirius on Greenland uses M 1917 Rifles in .30-06 and Glock 20 10mm for polar bears.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sirius_Dog_Sled_Patrol
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Old 12-28-2017, 09:44 AM   #6
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....... O.K. so I am watching the Netflix series "Polar Bear Town" a show about them in Alaska. Police, game wardens, locals, scientists, tour guides almost all to a man was carrying a .12 gauge shotgun for protection?
So I guess if one is attacking you you shoot them in the face? What would you carry if in their A.O.?
Well, ....... I know Peter Hathaway Capstick (A man who would have known!) only used a 12 gauge shotgun loaded with double 00 buckshot in order to track wounded 500 lb lions through heavy brush in order to finish them off. Capstick said that these engagements always happened very fast, and took place at very close range. (15 feet, and often less!)

Capstick wrote that the only gun he trusted to hit hard enough to stop an enraged cat under those incredibly difficult circumstances was the 12 gauge; HOWEVER, there is a proviso: The animal has to be fired upon at very close range (often less than 6 - 12 feet) with the still tightly compacted FULL 12 gauge charge of double 00 buckshot. Anything less would NOT guarantee an 'on the spot' stop and kill.

Peter (Who I, coincidentally, knew and used to see around town just about every weekend when I was a young teenager.) never allowed a client who made a bad shot on a lion to attempt to follow the animal into the brush in order to finish it off; he always told the client to stay put and wait while he took out his 12 gauge, and very slowly moved through the brush waiting for the wounded cat to launch what he hoped would be its final surprise attack.

I've also watched several national park rangers trap and release large bears. They, also, carried 12 gauge shotguns that I was told would, if necessary, have been used in exactly the same way that Peter Capstick did. All this being said I honestly believe that most people seen carrying 12 gauge shotguns in bear territory are being expedient.

In my opinion very few people have the 'nerves of steel' and 'coldness of mind' needed in order to face down a charging bear and effectively put it down at the kind of very short range needed in order to make the shot charge hit with a full (practically instantaneous) effect. Personally, I think the smallest long arm I would want to attempt stopping a large incoming bear with would be a (heavy) 45-70 Gov't, or Marlin 450 carbine.
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I do know that when I was planning a (now delayed indefinitely) trip up the Alaska highway, I was going to take a 12 gauge shotgun because it was easier to get one into Canada than a .44 Magnum pistol. But since the show takes place in Alaska, and not Canada, that may not be a factor.

A 12 gauge with buckshot is formidable, and so is a 12 gauge with Brenneke slugs - a .70 caliber projectile capable of deep penetration.
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I prefer a 458WM:

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Old 12-28-2017, 01:44 PM   #9
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The Danish Slaedepatruljen Sirius on Greenland uses M 1917 Rifles in .30-06 and Glock 20 10mm for polar bears.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sirius_Dog_Sled_Patrol
IMHO they are under armed for polar bear.
A 454 is a bit small. a 460 or 500 in handgun.
A 300 winchester mag is also a bit small.
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Old 12-29-2017, 10:53 AM   #11
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A 12 gauge with Brenneke slugs is pretty much normal
around here and you can even buy them at the grocery
stores. They work good on people, too.
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Kind of seems a good way to have your family shotgun turn into a howitzer is the slugs? Bird hunting in the morning tank stopper in the evening.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFxaJ0m6yI0

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I've used Brenneke slugs in a ballistic chainsaw application before. I was not disappointed.
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Old 12-29-2017, 07:19 PM   #14
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I've used Brenneke slugs in a ballistic chainsaw application before. I was not disappointed.
Yeah geez I never heard of them before Bluntforce but holy mother of God yah get hit or hit something with one of those they are gonna frigging remember yah.
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.375 Hollands and a companion similarly armed.
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