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Soldotna mans brush with bear too close for comfort [drops grizzly with Ruger .454 -- MUST-SEE]
Peninsula Clarion ^
| 8/7/09
| Joseph Robertia
Posted on 08/13/2009 8:31:40 PM PDT by NewJerseyJoe
Last Sunday a fourth brown bear for the year was killed in a defense of life and property (DLP) shooting, and there is no mistaking that it was the former, not the latter, that was on the line for the man who shot it.
(Excerpt) Read more at peninsulaclarion.com ...
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: Alaska
KEYWORDS: alaska; banglist; bear; grizzly; ruger
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To: Jeff Chandler
You are correct, and sorry for the long barrel pic of the .454 Casull. The pic below does look a bit longer than the one in your pic of the Alaskan though. Whatever, it was some good shootin' under a whole lotta stress.
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posted on
08/13/2009 9:06:23 PM PDT
by
vox_freedom
(America is being tested as never before in its history. God help us.)
To: NewJerseyJoe
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posted on
08/13/2009 9:07:17 PM PDT
by
HiTech RedNeck
(When did it become the Democrat You-Shut-Up-And-Listen-To-Me Tour?)
To: vox_freedom
He wrote that the bear was moving so fast that he had to draw and snap shoot. I wouldn’t want to be the one charging that guy!
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posted on
08/13/2009 9:08:14 PM PDT
by
Jeff Chandler
(Obama is in way over his ears.)
To: null and void
Was it a Kodiak Moment? Ursus arctos... aren't these temperate area cousins of the polar bears?
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posted on
08/13/2009 9:08:45 PM PDT
by
HiTech RedNeck
(When did it become the Democrat You-Shut-Up-And-Listen-To-Me Tour?)
To: HiTech RedNeck
aren't these temperate area cousins of the polar bears? Yes, and they overlap some territory. I've seen news articles about the presence of hybrids of the two.
Grizzlies are a subspecies of brown bear, and are the baddest animals on land.
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posted on
08/13/2009 9:11:48 PM PDT
by
Jeff Chandler
(Obama is in way over his ears.)
To: null and void
Was it a Kodiak Moment? [Snicker] Reminds me of a former life... at the CG airstation in Kodiak there's a full standing mount Kodiak bear right in the entrance to the main HQ building. It certainly gets yer attention when you open the doors and go in...
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posted on
08/13/2009 9:12:33 PM PDT
by
Ramius
(Personally, I give us... one chance in three. More tea?)
To: NewJerseyJoe
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posted on
08/13/2009 9:14:06 PM PDT
by
fightinJAG
(Good riddance, UAW.)
To: HiTech RedNeck
I think so. Except unlike ursa maritimus they are more land/freshwater critters...
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posted on
08/13/2009 9:14:56 PM PDT
by
null and void
(We are now in day 204 of our national holiday from reality. - 0bama really isn't one of US.)
To: Beowulf9
[...] Timothy Treadwell.the Grizzly (Poop) Man... :D
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posted on
08/13/2009 9:14:59 PM PDT
by
roamer_1
(It takes a (Kenyan) village to raise an idiot.)
To: NewJerseyJoe
It's coming right for us!
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posted on
08/13/2009 9:37:57 PM PDT
by
USNBandit
(sarcasm engaged at all times)
To: Ramius
But just on general principles... a rifle is a far better sidearm in Alaska than a handgun. A big rifle.
Call me a coward but I would prefer to be carrying my .300 Weatherby Mag. in this situation.
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posted on
08/13/2009 9:53:18 PM PDT
by
wjcsux
("If you cannot tolerate imperfections, be prepared to kiss your freedom goodbye," Thomas Sowell)
To: Jeff Chandler
Look at the size of that thing, how could you miss?
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posted on
08/13/2009 9:54:12 PM PDT
by
faucetman
(Just the facts ma'am, just the facts)
To: NewJerseyJoe
VoxEphem comments at the bottom of the story......It is clear that there's a very old, very scrawny, very dead bear involved--it's just not clear how the bear got dead. .....Can you guess which way this guy is leaning?
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posted on
08/13/2009 9:57:06 PM PDT
by
the_daug
To: Ramius
I have been to the Kodiak Missile Launch Complex. They told us there was approximately 30k bears on the island. I hope they don’t run out of food.
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posted on
08/13/2009 9:59:39 PM PDT
by
wjcsux
("If you cannot tolerate imperfections, be prepared to kiss your freedom goodbye," Thomas Sowell)
To: the_daug
Hmmm ...I guess lead poison.
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posted on
08/13/2009 10:00:21 PM PDT
by
the_daug
To: Nailbiter
Brown bear, brown bear, what do you see?
I see a handgun, pointing at me!
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posted on
08/13/2009 10:01:08 PM PDT
by
IncPen
(Pitchforks and torches.)
To: USNBandit
“democrats piss me off”.....eric cartman, same episode.
To: IncPen
Damn, I spent 10 days in Soldotna a couple summers ago. Stayed in a cabin on a little lake. You could see claw marks on some of the trees from the big bruins. Saw several of them on one of my fishing trips in the boonies.
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posted on
08/13/2009 10:09:17 PM PDT
by
umgud
(Look to gov't to solve your everday problems and they'll control your everday life.)
To: NewJerseyJoe
I used to believe that a .45 1911 would stop anything until I read an article that one man emptied an 8 shot magazine point blank into a bear and still got mauled. .454 appears to be a necessity instead of a recommendation.
To: NewJerseyJoe; kanawa
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posted on
08/14/2009 1:22:43 AM PDT
by
Steve Van Doorn
(*in my best Eric cartman voice* 'I love you guys')
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