'It was grating my bones up': B.C. man narrowly survives grizzly attack ( Canada )

Bear country like this, 44 magnum strapped to chest holster.

My friend who is a hiker/hunter in the Rockies carries a 10mm

21 posted on 08/09/2019 7:19:26 AM PDT by PGR88

Bear country like this, 44 magnum strapped to chest holster. My friend who is a hiker/hunter in the Rockies carries a 10mm

Smart. What's nuts is that some state/national parks are gun free zones.

22 posted on 08/09/2019 7:21:11 AM PDT by 1Old Pro

Canadian making bear grate?

23 posted on 08/09/2019 7:22:13 AM PDT by bigbob (Trust Trump. Trust the Plan.)

The .44 on your side is to shoot your friends leg off if you ever get attacked by a Kodiak.

24 posted on 08/09/2019 7:23:47 AM PDT by KierkegaardMAN (This is the sort of stuff up with which I shall not put!)

They don’t need an excuse silly or otherwise.. A bear that attacks a human should be put down.

25 posted on 08/09/2019 7:26:31 AM PDT by Varda

Some people are irresponsible with guns in the outdoors..being around grizzly is less dangerous overall...on the other hand you gotta pack for personal safety from bear or puma or stupid irresponsible vicious humans.

26 posted on 08/09/2019 7:28:54 AM PDT by Getready (Wisdom is more valuable than gold and diamonds, and harder to find.)

To: KierkegaardMAN

The .44 on your side is to shoot your friends leg off if you ever get attacked by a Kodiak.

True, handgun is last resort. many argue smaller caliber and more hits, but w/o a proper long gun a handgun is rolling the dice.

27 posted on 08/09/2019 7:30:18 AM PDT by 1Old Pro

I agree.

My point is the dreck conjured up to justify it.

It’s like, “stop resisting!”, yelled AUTOMATICALLY during a needless beating.

Or the new, urban, “I can’t breathe..!” yelled automatically in the attempt to complicate even reasonable efforts to stop the perp.

More and more people are getting into PR, even if unpaid.

28 posted on 08/09/2019 7:32:12 AM PDT by gaijin

To: LittleBillyInfidel

My new neighbor, "Sippy Da Bear"

https://vault.myvzw.com/webcs/app/share/invite/T0El0Sn4Lm

29 posted on 08/09/2019 7:32:22 AM PDT by LittleBillyInfidel (This tagline has been formatted to fit the screen. Some content has been edited.)

To: LittleBillyInfidel

You're missing the opening < on the HTML attempt to post a photo.

Protip: start your profile page with <blockquote> it indents everything following and gives you a nice left margin.

30 posted on 08/09/2019 7:33:23 AM PDT by null and void (When the only tool you have is a hammer, ALL your problems look like skulls.)

The super Redhawk Alaskan with 2.5” barrel.

Caliber
.480 Ruger, .44 Magnum, .454 Casull

31 posted on 08/09/2019 7:34:13 AM PDT by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)

To: null and void

THANK YOU! THANK YOU! I needed that!! I’ll practice! Best, Billy

32 posted on 08/09/2019 7:36:05 AM PDT by LittleBillyInfidel (This tagline has been formatted to fit the screen. Some content has been edited.)

The bear was going to be put down anyway.

33 posted on 08/09/2019 7:41:24 AM PDT by pas

To: LittleBillyInfidel

Nully's Quick FR HTML Guide:

Basic formatting:

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Paragraph break 
<blockquote>

Indented paragraphs

</blockquote>
 underline 
 italics 
 bold 
<s> ~~strikethrough~~ </s>
<tt> typewriter text </tt>
 Red font 
<blink> blink </blink> Use blink sparingly. People HATE blink

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Smallest FR font

Largest FR font Displays as:
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Step font size up or down with <big>bigger</big>

and smaller

"Hidden" text: White font 
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Posting a link:

General:
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Posts as this:
Iran starts atom tests in defiance of EU deal

Posting an image:

General:
<img src="[web server location]">

You can't just snag a favorite picture from a desktop folder...it has to be hosted someplace on line to be posted here.

Best bet is to save the image to an image hosting service, I use Photobucket. In Firefox right click and select "Copy image location", in Safari right click and select "Open image in new tab" and copy the address in the address bar. Other browsers have similar tricks.

Example:
This: <img src="http://www.notablebiographies.com/images/uewb_09_img0611.jpg">

Posts this:

Tip: control the size with "height=nnn" like so:

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Posts this:

While This: <img height=100 src="http://www.notablebiographies.com/images/uewb_09_img0611.jpg">
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Cynwoody adds this tip:

You can pre-cue a YouTube video by adding a t parameter to the link. Like so:
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While
<a href=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f66kEastC58&t=35s>Bill Ayers on Obama>
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Way cool! Thanks Cynwoody!

34 posted on 08/09/2019 7:44:30 AM PDT by null and void (When the only tool you have is a hammer, ALL your problems look like skulls.)

To: LittleBillyInfidel

Absolutely no HTML allows posting a live link:

https://vault.myvzw.com/webcs/app/share/invite/T0El0Sn4Lm

35 posted on 08/09/2019 7:48:01 AM PDT by null and void (When the only tool you have is a hammer, ALL your problems look like skulls.)

To: null and void

NICE! Thank you!! I was proud that I knew the and codes. Ha! N&V, what image posting service do you use?

36 posted on 08/09/2019 7:51:08 AM PDT by LittleBillyInfidel (This tagline has been formatted to fit the screen. Some content has been edited.)

To: null and void

Birds lack a capscacin receptor. I wonder if adding pepper spray or some other capscacin source to the sugar water would discourage a bear, but not affect the hummers?

37 posted on 08/09/2019 7:52:41 AM PDT by null and void (When the only tool you have is a hammer, ALL your problems look like skulls.)

To: LittleBillyInfidel

Went to your link, right clicked on the image, selected image location.

Posts:

38 posted on 08/09/2019 7:56:18 AM PDT by null and void (When the only tool you have is a hammer, ALL your problems look like skulls.)

To: LittleBillyInfidel

I don’t. I used to use photophuckit. Then they out of the blue decided to charge everyone $300 a year for the privilege.

Haven’t gotten around to getting a new service.

39 posted on 08/09/2019 7:59:06 AM PDT by null and void (When the only tool you have is a hammer, ALL your problems look like skulls.)

Sorry, but that’s a good shoot. Once a predator gets a taste of humans, we can’t allow it to live to hunt another one.

40 posted on 08/09/2019 8:07:52 AM PDT by Boogieman

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