Posted on 12/23/2022 4:53:07 AM PST by marktwain
Not right "at" the city limits, but it is a small town.
Guns are readily available to rent. You have to show some proficiency level. With revolvers, I think you have to show membership in a club, or in competition, or some such.
Most people carry rifles or shotguns (with slugs) but there are a minority who carry revolvers.
There are a ton of cases of 9mms stopping bear attacks, including grizzlies.
The bear was mortally wounded, and was finished off by the authorities a few hours later.
Still, the bear traveled about a mile and a half before it went down.
My best guess is the shooter only got one lung, because the bear was facing him.
My colleagues and I have documented seven cases where only 9x19 mm pistols were used. They were all successful.
There are several other cases where the 9mm was used in combination with other calibers, or long guns.
As often the case, HAVING A GUN is the #1 priority. If you can make it a big gun, even better. I’ve got a Model 29 but my hands are too small to shoot it well. My 686+ is probably a better bet in my midget hands.
A friend worked for the Forest Service in Alaska many years ago. He was required to carry a 375 H&H Magnum with him and had to qualify by shooting at a pie plate from the hip at 20 feet. That’s actually closer to what I’d WANT with me in country with big bears! Maybe even kind of small....
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How about the polar bear attacks in the cities, like NYC, Chicago, etc. A revolver would work there too.
If the victim is aware enough to get the revolver out and get a shot or shots off...
Goldilocks and Three Bears 🐻 🐻❄ ❤️
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Is Poridge Really good Bait?
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Asking for a FRiend.
Porridge works very well, especially if you add considerable sugar...
I’d Like to see a Bar here in AZ.
On ‘FRiendly Terms’ of course.
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I heard Mingus Mountains or the
Bradshaw Mountains.
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It would be A Hoot !
Thanks for That Dean.
I’ve camped and hiked That exact area in the early 1990s.i stumbled upon area of downed trees with lots of scratch marks
and I got really spooked thinking mountain Lion. I was unarmed which changed My Policy.
I remember like yesterday.
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I must have missed This story
I’ve read so many of Your bear stories and This strikes to close and Change policy!
NO, it wouldn’t be a hoot.
Arizona has black bears and with a black bear you would be lucky if you were dead before it started eating you.
I have black bears out the wazoo up here, one just tore the side out of my chicken house (1x6 walls screwed to 2x4 framing 16 inches on center, 4 feet above ground), killed 9 of my hens, 2 of my roosters and threw 100 pound feed sacks around like confetti.
He tore a 5x6 foot hole out of the side of the building.
Set up the lights and shot that SOB 3 times with a 308 the following night, turned him into dog food and buried the rest with the backhoe.
Trust me, you don’t want to meet ANY BEAR on their terms.
THEY WILL KILL YOU AND EAT YOU!
Sorry about Your loss FRiend,
I was a little bit on the joking side there but I’m apparently in Bear territory
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