Posted on 11/15/2022 5:00:57 AM PST by marktwain
Guns cause global warming. Therefore the polar bear is another victim of climate change.
IMHO too close for a heart shot. I’ve tracked heart shot animals for over 100 yards.
This bear must have been starving to ignore the flares and the commotion it made.
Way too many warning shots. Lucky it ended well despite his being well prepared with firearms.
Seven warning shots, counting flares? The guy really really did not want to kill the bear.
Double taps with full power 500 S@W loads are not very fast.
.500 Magnum. Jeezus. I would hope so. That thing is a wrist breaker. It would probably stop a dump truck.
1.5 m away? That is way, way too close.
“Paul and Sally had a dog with them, for additional protection against polar bears.”
BearS? That’s not right. The dog is just a snack. If the bear got to within 5 feet, what happened to the dog?
The bear would have been eating 30/06 slugs long before it got that close.
50 yds and I shoot if it keeps coming.
Longyearbyen is an interesting place. It’s got the world’s northernmost ATM as well as the world’s northernmost pickup bar.
The dog did its job. It alerted the humans to the approaching bear.
The dog was busy barking at the bear as it closed with the humans. The bear ignored it.
“..1.5 m away? That is way, way too close....”
Absolutely!!! Even a drugged-up human RAT/MK-Ultra zombie can cover 20’ in less than 3 seconds. A big bear like that is waaaayyy too close at 1.5 meters for anyone’s entertainment (that’s about 5’away!!) .
As one poster posted above; I’ve also tracked heart/lung-shot animals that have quickly covered a lot of ground before dropping.
And 7 warning shots??? Wow! After the first two, it should have been hammer time.
The dog’s job is to sense the bear, and warn people before it gets close.
Plus be a distraction to the bear.
Warning shots are a huge mistake. Always fire for effect or don’t shoot. Period.
Passed a Salvation Army Bell ringer yesterday outside a Farm supply store that had a bear claw on his key ring !
Chatted him up a shared stories about
Bear attacks and he told me he Hunted Them .
Wow,,,
I was talking to a Real Live
‘Hatchet Jack!’
.
Yup
I threw a few coins in the
Red Bucket.
The shooter has to face the government investigation.
After surviving the bear attack, they have to survive the government investigation.
Too bad that handguns are now illegal to buy or trade in Canada. That will work just fine I am sure.
Did she win? Lauren Boebert?
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