Posted on 08/14/2018 12:15:14 PM PDT by george76
Apparently they ran off to find a phone and call 911.
LOL! Good one
Seems like he could get a job at IHop pretty easily
Cool…. To this day the bear’s head is still attached to his leg.
Wyoming man [me!] explains how he survived a New Mexico bear attack:
It was easy, says I, I was in Wyoming, and the bear stayed in New Mexico. Oh yeah: I didn;t run into the bear on my bicycle, like the dead Flathead National Forest Montana Forest Ranger in 2016.
If you mean the guy, he likely didn't have a bear gun [Well, there's your problem RIGHT THERE!]
If you mean the bear, he would have by definition had a bear gun, if he had a gun with him, since he presumably had a right to bear bear arms.
I have contacted Bridger Petrini. He had a Glock model 20 (10 mm).
'Preciate your effort. I reckon that if your pick is to be a Glock, the 10mm would seem to be the best of those available, and a G20 or G40 would be the best bet.
That said, I can't see very many folks picking the 10mm cartridge for use in a rifle or carbine, even if one was available in that chambering. But then again, something like a handy little Winchester 92 levergun in 10mm...or the 10mm magnum...or the 7,5 BRNO? That might be an interesting development, especially if carried in conjunction with a handgun in the same chambering, as per the old .44-40 levergun-Colt single action combo.
Interestingly, I know two people partially eaten by bears, both of whose lives were saved by rifle fire from a companion/onlooker. Both had one or both hands occupied at the time, and told me that a rifle or shotgun would have been essentially useless to them...and one of them had two bears chewing on him. One out of state on the trail on horseback, the other in his back yard.
In the Smith/Herrero “study” on firearms effectiveness in surviving bear attacks, Handguns were effective 84% of the time.
Muzzie Doc?
I hate when a bear bites my leg, I have to kill it and his jaw locks in position and they have to saw the bear’s head off. I hate when that happens.
I'm a little more interested in incidents in my own neck of the woods, and regarding folks I know whose skill levels and equipment choices I can pretty easily access, or estimate right close.
The first rule, as usual, is the one that you'd expect to apply. Have a gun. With you, not just *near* you.
“A mother bear with cubs is not the most dangerous.”
I saw this:
National park campsite in northwestern PA.
Mother and two cubs rooting around for camp food.
Ranger kick mother in butt, mother runs screaming into the woods. Cubs watch mother, eventually they follow her, but they look pretty embarrassed.
Thanks
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