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You hand you friend the bear spray and prepare to fight the Grizzly to the death if necssary
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You tell your friend to run and face the bear alone with bullets and spray
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You hand the spray to your friend, keep the gun and run
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You shoot your friend in the leg (just enough to wound him). Hand him the spray and run like hell
7 77.78%
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09-28-2011 #13
The shotgun example was meant more that they are more user friendly In a stressful situation and less aim dependent just like bear spray.
My brother and all his Alaska guide friends all preferred the spray. This was do purely to effectiveness. My brother used his three times with success. One even used to carry a gun, but after having a 1000 lb bear still hit him after being shot twice in the head just from the momentum of charging switched to spray.
7 days without fishing, makes one weak.
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09-28-2011 #14
Re: You and a friend are confronted by a large Grizzly Bear
You're not supposed to aim for the head, unless you can stick the barrel in his eye. Their skulls are too thick and angled, your round is more likely to just deflect off. Most big predators have thick skulls since they go in head first for the attack.
I'm going to fish in big bear country someday (I fish in small bear country now), so I've been boning up on the facts. Reality is there is a small chance you'll be attacked, but you and your buddy should be prepared anyway.
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09-28-2011 #18
Re: You and a friend are confronted by a large Grizzly Bear
They don't charge sideways...
The fact is, most bear attacks don't occur at 100 yds with a full on charge. Mostly people walk around the corner and there's Momma bear and cubs. She swings at you, and boom your toast. I think most people would shoot themselves in the foot first. The other percentage is "Conditioned" bears who learn to chase people off kills or backpacks etc. Theres a landing that we put in at where my brother had a bear confrontation. He saw the boat pull up, came running out of the woods, because he knew it was a fish cleaning place and saw a free dinner.
I am busting chops a little bit. If a bear shits in the woods does anybody step in it?
Here's an interesting story for you:
Backpackper Shoots, Kills Grizzly In Alaska Park | Fox News
Took this guy NINE rounds from said 0.45 to stop the bear, even then he walked away to die.
If we're talking about deadly woods critters, we should talk about Moose too!...
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09-30-2011 #20
Re: You and a friend are confronted by a large Grizzly Bear
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actually I shoot my friend in the head and leave him for bear food, then I save the one bullet and spray in case i encounter another bear
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Re: You and a friend are confronted by a large Grizzly Bear
The regulations that you ignored were to prevent a pissed off winged bear attack you or some other hapless fisherman who had no idea that you just winged a bear in the leg.
The regs are there for a reason. When I worked out in Alaska we used a sawed off 12 gauge pump with #6 bird shot followed by #2 buck shot followed by slugs. Never killed one but sprayed some bird shot at their feet a couple times to scare em off.
Now, through the passage of time and gathered wisdom, bear spray is a far better deterrent, at least in Alaska where the bears are doing the same thing as you.
In the Rockies, the worst thing you can do is surprise a bear on a fresh kill, They are a whole different animal. Not a whole lot you are going to do there either with a gun or spray.
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Re: You and a friend are confronted by a large Grizzly Bear
Some people cant take a joke. Take a look at the choices on the poll
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Re: You and a friend are confronted by a large Grizzly Bear
This is what you should do.
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