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Post by shortbarrel on Oct 3, 2016 15:03:38 GMT -5
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Post by sixshot on Oct 3, 2016 16:29:12 GMT -5
Just read that, not sure bear spray is the answer. Better than nothing but the guy got hammered twice. Also read where some of the Alaska guys are really getting worked over in the last month or so, some have decided bear spray works better on their cornflakes.
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Post by woody on Oct 3, 2016 19:30:01 GMT -5
Leave the pepper spray to use on humans. Works good on them. Never spent any time around bears but I would feel more comfortable with a firearm to defend myself. Preferable a rifle.
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Post by bulasteve on Oct 5, 2016 8:22:27 GMT -5
Bears are tough, they just are. Then, things happen FAST ! I've accepted that the bear spray stuff does work fairly well if you can get a good blast into the bears face. With that said, for me, spray is a one shot deal, it only does one thing. It takes up a fair chunk of belt space. Belt space, like backpack space, weight needs to be considered, then considered more. Then, sometimes, it is just not your day !
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Post by contender on Oct 5, 2016 9:17:39 GMT -5
Bear spray can have it's place & has shown to work. BUT,,,,, it is not the end all & be all. Bears are animals,, and as such,,, no two will react the same every time. It's best to wear the spray on the front of your chest, where it's immediately accessible. And for me,, a back up would be my NW hunter rig nestling a trusty handgun.
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Post by f3 on Oct 5, 2016 17:05:05 GMT -5
Bears are very tenacious. The only big game animal I have killed with a handgun was an average sized spring black bear. Due to an error on my part I had my Dan Wesson 357 mag with 170 keiths and Lymans max recommended charge of bluedot. My 41 mag Blackhawk has always been my go to revolver but she was out of commission. The Dan was shooting somewhere around 10 inches left at 25 yards if I remember correctly. Unfortunately on this camping trip I did not have anything to adjust the sights with. Applying Kentucky windage I hit him twice while we were both on the move. One in the liver and the other through the neck. He still made it 70+ feet up a giant Ponderosa. A steady stream of blood raining down the whole way up he was climbing. Another bear absorbed a 385 grain conical out of my TC Encore 45 muzzleloader barrel backed with 90 to 110 grains of pyrodex(can't remember the exact charge). I was in a stand near a cherry orchard south of Bigfork,MT. There was a lot of blood and I mean a lot. I shot him in the evening and spent the entire next day looking for him. I never did find him. It was one of those events that will drive me crazy until I die wondering what happened?
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