"Be able to shoot from the hip and pray your not handicapped by a scope at that moment."
"Your reaction time would consume about 1-2 seconds, followed by turning,shouldering, finding your moving target, and then shooting. I beg to differ with your comment Sitka-no disrespect intended. If that grizz really wanted your ass- you wouldn't be telling the story about shooting a bear at 24 yards."
"Shoot it in the mouth- At least it can't eat you after it's killed you."
"I'm not talking about a two year old that just got off mommie's tit and clumsily chases new born calves because he's half starved and doesn't know how to kill. I still say a scope is a handicap in that scenario. I've never shot at a charging grizz but have shot a couple of charging blacks."
"Bears aren't unique to Alaska. 100's of bear attacks occur yearly in Alberta and British Columbia, probably more than in Alaska."
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I am sorry if you think I am snubbing you, but what you are posting does not sound like anything in the real world. To suggest it takes 1-2 seconds to START moving during a charge, yet a bear gets to accelerate to 40MPH in half the time? Yes, I am dismissing that because factually it is very wrong.
Bears and humans are flesh and blood wired with the same "hardware" but perhaps different "software".
Bear populations in a province mean nothing... How many bears do you see in the course of a week or year? the bear I shot at 24 yards was one of over 20 unique bear we saw repeatedly over the course of a week. We saw 13 unique bears in a single day. I have seen well over 50 unique bears in a single day, repeatedly. This fall I saw tremendous numbers of bears during the smelt spawn... I believe DennisinAZ was there. I forget the exact numbers, but over a dozen bears on one small beach... thirty bears or so in one day. A number of folks here at 24hour have shot bears with me and more have been there when I shot bears. I have the luxury of not guessing about what I am posting.
Bears are not unique to AK, but the population densities would seem to be. Can you cite a source for your statement there are 100s of bear attacks every year in AB and BC? According to Herrero, there are only about 30 black bear attacks in North America each year and he was only able to document 279 grizzly attacks in all of NA from 1872 to 1980... and only 111 of those resulted in human injuries. There are far more AK attacks according to him, also.
To suggest Yellowstone is the only place bears ignore humans is very wrong, also.
Your comments on scopes do not mesh with my experiences and show an extreme misunderstanding of how things work. While too-big scopes could cause problems up close there are two questions one needs to ask; "Why pack a Hubble on a bear hunt when shooting will be close and do you think a sights of any kind are needed at staplegun range?"
And what difference does a scope or irons make when you advocate shooting from the hip? That is about the most ridiculous non sequitor I can imagine. Shooting from the hip screams Fantasy to me, sorry.
By far the most dangerous bear is the two-year-old just kicked out by Momma. They are not slower, nor clumsier than an adult and they know how to kill stuff. As a new loner they have to learn a few different tricks... but bears eat a lot less meat than most realize. And a lot less big game...
I apologize if you take the above as a snub, but little of what you posted fits in with the bears I have watched and hunted for so many years.
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