[marktwain]

Here are the latest 20 documented cases where pistols were fired in defense against bears. There are now 123 documented case. Three of those were documented as failures.

[Lurker]

Excellent work, Dean.

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[marktwain]

Ping to DesertRhino.

[null and void]

I’m curious to know the calibers of the 3 failures.

[DCBryan1]

Bear country (ID) for me is a Glock 20, 10mm. Nothing smaller.

[Bayard]

What kinds of encounters do people have with bears?

Are they surprise attacks or do people typically see them coming?

[waterhill]

Black bear are retarded.

[StAntKnee]

Never miss an update by Mr Weingarten.

Always amazed at the warning shot aspects of the report. In this update, one shooter used six round from an eight-round magazine. Crazy.

If a bear isn’t deterred, or if it returns after a single warning shot—as I have experienced—it will be shot. (Not an attack, by the way)

[CodeToad]

I lived in bear country (still somewhat do) and hand loaded 270gr DeepCurl bear loads in 44 magnum. I know they can do the trick as they were designed for large game, but there is that multiple shots to make the trick work that I am not so sure I can pull off every time. I suspect I’ll get 2-3 rounds out before a bear is on me, and maybe get in another 2 rounds. I carry, but I prefer avoidance and situational awareness to stay out that pie fight.