Posted on 10/03/2014 10:24:33 AM PDT by marktwain
Uhmmmm, if I’m in Bear country I want a minimum .45 and 4 extra mags.
I’d also like any rifle chambered above .300 and extra mags.
skip that bear spray stuff.
Several rounds, penetrating the head ought to keep me safe and then I’ll make a rug out of the punk...
how about spraying it with bullets...
LOL!
Nope. To liberal true believers gun control is a religious belief. Religion is not subject to logical constraints.
To parapharase Stuart Chase,"For the true believer no proof is necessary and no disproof possible"
Sample size alone obviates any statistical study of these events. Personally, I do hike in bear country and I do carry both. But nothing is a substitute for situational awareness - most bear attacks occur within three seconds of the principals sighting one another, and that isn’t really much time to draw and present either spray or a firearm.
.45 auto would be my bare (bear?) minimum ... I’d think more in terms of .44Mag ... or the “Ruger Only” .45 Colt loads ... or something like that.
Bear spray will possibly make a bear stop and run away. A gun will make a bear run away from intense pain or die. I will put my faith in the more logical of the 2. I’ll let the FReepers decide which one is more logical.
And remember folks. Don’t put your finger on the trigger until you are ready to fire.
That was my minimum.
I’d actually carry my Cimarron .45, with moon clips
There, see, now everyone is equal and we have a level playing field for all the sensitive types among us.
Oh, by the way, I think it's globull warmong that is causing all these bear attacks. Well, that and the peanut butter sandwiches people are carring.
Before guns were legally allowed in National Parks, rangers in the NPs in Alaska viewed carrying a gun in bear country just plain common sense in spite of the law. They would even ask an unarmed hiker why he wasn’t carrying. 44 magnum with special bear loads were typical.
.454 Casul vs Bear Spray? Hmmmmmm! :-)
BULLSHOT!!
Excellent point. My sister's cabin is in bear country (San Isabel national forest in Colorado) and we hike all over the area. My last encounter I smelled the big guy before I saw him. The wind was in my face so I just stopped and waited for it to move on.
The .44 Mag Blackhawk was a comfort.
Zactly.
With all probability one wins over the other, with a predictable outcome..
Beary spray=higly incensed bear=you are a picnic basket.
.454 and I have a bear skin rug...
Right...You can always tell you are in a bear area in the woods by the little bells in the bear crap.
You're better off aiming for center mass, not the head. Bullets have been known to bounce off the thick skulls of grizzlies.
When I see bears casually ripping apart wasp and bee hives to eat the larva or honey, with their heads swarmed, I instantly lose faith in a can of spray to be an effective deterrent.
and it would mess up his beautiful head making my rug look disgusting.
Thnx!
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