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if you hit the brain, it doesn't matter what bullet is used. For many years, the biggest bear on record was taken by a single .22 LONG, from a rifle, to the temple at 5 yds or less. A little indian woman did this and then used her single shot rifle to put some insurance bullets into the the same spot. This guy takes them with a blowgun
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euf2kMefMYg


https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=bear+killed+with+a+9mm
https://www.ammoland.com/2017/06/be...d-record-grizzly-and-more/#axzz67IXDgggo

Sometimes folks get lucky, or are the exception.

No issue to step up to a much more dependable cartridge or weapon, than a blowgun or 9mm.

YMMV.

If you say so.

Vesna Vulović , a Serbian flight attendant holds the Guinness world record for surviving the highest fall without a parachute: 33,330 ft

Still not the prescribed method.

Fascinating, just plain old fascinating.

OP,

Do you have any handgun hunting experience?

Mac, I do believe his only experience is jacking his mouth. But he is extremely experienced at that!!!

hundreds of head of small game, 2 deer, both with 9mm from a baited tree stand. Anyone who can take deer with a bow can do so with a 9mm. It's just a question of setting up the stand properly, having a blind, where you can see them run 100m or more. With a good load and a good hit, from 20m or less, they never make it that far.

just because you're inept doesn't mean everyone is. It' not luck when when a master pistolero brains them. You just have to bait them in. Guys take them with blowguns and spears.

sure, if all you want is to be just another mediocre nothing, which probably IS all you can realistically expect. Some people can't play chopsticks on the piano. Others give million $ concerts. Same piano.

All righty then...

Yeah... That doesn't sound like someone who's actually spent time learning to shoot well. Skill with a bow has nothing to do with skill with a pistol. Not that someone can't kill deer easily with a bow or a 9mm, but there are a LOT of guys who shoot one or the other and can't hit a barn with a 9mm.

Between this thread and the one about the CCW guy who got shot (still waiting for a reply on that one BTW), I'm thinking satir is here to impress us, being a master pistolero and a quick draw specialist. We may have some competition here for dla.

So you haven’t tested this theory on bear yet? I’ve killed more than two deer with handguns and I don’t think the 9mm is a good idea. Can it work? Sure. Consistently? Not so sure.

Well said. Reflects my experience and opinion on the matter as well.

Other than a survival situation, why? There should be better rounds out there.

Exactly right. Getting mauled to death by a brown bear because your head shot with the 22 didn't go to plan is somewhat embarrassing.

For me absolute minimum would be 357 magnum or 10mm with hard cast rounds by buffalo bore or underwood. I know of two cases locally that 9mm has been used successfully for bear defense but don't think it is a an appropriate caliber for the task.

another dumb ass with a gun..

9mm sucks. And it's gay.

Not everybody has an array of handguns, so they carry what they have.