Originally Posted by gunner500
Originally Posted by bwinters
Originally Posted by MontanaMarine
Pepper spray might work in many situations.

I'll save the pepper for my food.


These two statements sum it up for me. I've never had to shoot a bear but have been in a couple of weird situations at close range. A gun feels much mo' better than a can of spray. A person really needs to be within 20 feet of a 500+ plus bear to grasp how insecure a guy can feel - especially when there's no where to go.


Same here, if I had but a 9mm in my hand when a grizzly appeared at 6' I'd probably start shooting myself with the damn thing, there is NO replacement for experience!



That's the truth. I sent the story to a guy I know that has seen bears on TV and hunted deer once when he was about 14yrs old. He called and started with how he would have had blah blah, I said stop right there because you would have done the same thing I would have, chit your pants and blowed your damn feet off trying to drag whatever you have out of your holster.


Those people were lucky to have 458Win with them.


Had it been someone like me the only thing that wasn't injured by gun fire would have been the bear.

When I die I hope I don't start voting democrat.