Posted on 11/23/2018 4:12:49 AM PST by marktwain
It’s very apparent there are a lot of people on this thread who know very little about hunting and firearms.
“I don’t give a #### about hunting. I love meat.
Why let it suffer overnight?
I’d like to put an arrow in them.
And I don’t give a #### what happened to them.”
Totally agree.
The dead elk and blood trail having been around overnight left plenty of time for the local apex predator to show up.
Yup. Should have been one guy cutting. and the other with his head on a swivel.
I agree.
I wear a MAGA hat while hunting in Tennessee and Mississippi. I’ve not been bothered by bears or liberals yet.
Sorry to hear that. Bears are less dangerous than Democrats
. He deliberately took off the pistol, took off his shirt, and placed both the pistol and his shirt near the two packs.
This happens all the time in movies, a guy in a hot situation puts his gun down and moves away from it, but that is to move the story along and allow the threat to get the upper hand. In real life, of course, it would never....well...
Even people who spend a good deal of time dabbling in hunting and firearms can know very little about hunting and firearms. Some of the boneheaded crap I have seen over the years from people old/experienced enough to know better... well, it makes me SMH. This particular incident reads like a lesson on how a bunch of separate decisions in bear country can add up to a situation that can't be corrected in time.
My favorite pistol is my XD40. It jammed on me once last year when I was checking it out to take on a trip as a self defense weapon. I was really let down.
I wound up taking my S&W 357 revolver. It’s bulky, it’s heavy and only six rounds. But six rounds are better than playing with a jammed weapon while being attacked. I’m a fair shot, so one round would likely do the job for a single attacker.
Five years ago I purchased an S&W 44 Magnum revolver and holster for my Nephew who hunts regularly in Oregon. It is the first thing on and the last thing off for the hunt, but nothing is better than proper training for everybody.
We’ve been to Wyoming several times, as well as in their National Forests where there are grizzles. A round in the chamber is lawful. And in the woods I open carry there.
During our travels, Illinois requires weapons to be unloaded and in a lock box while traveling through. Chicago politics pretty much dominates the whole state as with most blue states being dominated by a large city.
I feel sorry for themselves and their families. Bear country is dangerous country and so is cougar country.
I agree. When in grizzly country I hunt caribou with the .338 WM, just because.
I wouldn’t own one either.
Next gun is a Ruger Blackhawk in .44 magnum or .45 colt.
Have two vacqueros, both single action, in .45 but they can’t hot loads. Have a lever action in .45 which can. Another good back-up.
:) great idea! !
“I have seen a .44 mag Ruger Super Blackhawk 50 yard head shot to a 1200 pound bull moose,turn the animal over on its back in an instant kill, all 4 legs to the sky. It will stop a grizzly.”
Yep, some nice hard-cast flat points like the LBT designs.
Here in northern Alberta, if you fire a round at something, you have to be prepared to fire again in about five minutes or so.
Does he hunt with a bow? Our bears are generally well-behaved. unless wounded. They come to people cow-calling during bow season on a predictable basis. Find cows in September, and you’ll find calves. Cougars are becoming bolder, and too numerous.
An unfortunate combination of events. Personally I prefer a revolver for animal defense. Strapped to my body.
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