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Four Hunters in Montana Mauled by Grizzly Bear in Three Attacks
A pistol on my side, with a caliber that begins with a "4" and ends with a "4".
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It may be time to kill a bear.
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Even a 44mag might not stop it
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ADD; People wonder why the hunters just don't shoot the bears when their attacking? In my virtual weekly job of chasing the black bears away from my garbage here understand one thing. If they get close in an ambush situation when I say fast I cannot describe or underestimate their speed until you witness it. Some run most just laugh at me and keep eating even when I bounce a beer bottle over their cranium. If Mr. bear gets within 20 or 30 feet of you and charges? Unless your finger is on the trigger and pointing guess what? Unless your Wild Bill Hitchcock fast? You ain't going to react fast enough. Their short 0 to 60 speed has to be seen to be believed.
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More details....but 9mm's in bear country? WTF?
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Exactly! I ain't going to fast draw with a bear. Have gun out and be ready for charge if that close!
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10-07-2019, 11:47 AM | #9 |
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A 9mm is only going to make the bear angrier. 44 magnum at least or take a long gun with you.
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10-07-2019, 12:07 PM | #10 |
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The smallest I carry is a .357 Mag in bear country, but I prefer a .44 mag. A .45 ACP hits about like a .357 mag, so I've been known to carry a 1911 as well.
Old Sam Foster, one of the last of the professional bear hunters in Arizona, only carried a .22 revolver. Crazy son-of-a-gun. He'd go right into a bear cave and put one behind the critter's ear. Cancer got him when the bears couldn't. May he R.I.P. |
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Bears associate gun fire with dinner is ready in Denali Park in Alaska.
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Like Mr. Pogo keeps saying forget the gun "Bear Spray" is where its at. I think Denali park in Alaska, think that's the name our Alaska member will know? Well they had a moratorium on Griz. hunting to bring the numbers back up. Hunters were shooting deer and elk and doing the next steps of gutting and the cleaning. Well guess who heard the dinner bells? Good guess Mr. Grizzly's. The bears were associating guns to not getting shot at but dinner is on the table lets go eat. They had lost complete fear of humans and guns and just like I say knew food was where that bang was. They were scaring the hell out of hunters coming to them and their kill. Wardens had to go out and shoot the bears with rubber bullets and fire their guns to let them know the guns can hurt them. Bottom line yah ain't gonna outrun a bear so in their backyard be careful. |
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I am confident my Model 29 will put the lights out of
anything that lives and breathes in North America. 240 grain magnum hollow points. Sight picture . Sight alignment. Trigger control . Place them well. Have another 6 or 12 in your front right pocket , just in case , JD. MERC
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