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Grizzly mauling near Yellowstone kills backcountry guide

https://www.foxnews.com/us/grizzly-mauling-near-yellowstone-kills-backcountry-guide

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Never would I ever depend on Bear Spray , me I see a bear that knows I'm there bear gets shot shortly after .

Check out the Utah Hiker cougar stalking him , likely , NO WEAPON of any kind .


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Originally Posted by ol_mike
Never would I ever depend on Bear Spray , me I see a bear that knows I'm there bear gets shot shortly after .

Check out the Utah Hiker cougar stalking him , likely , NO WEAPON of any kind .



I wouldn't even carry it.


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The bunny-huggers love pepper for bears. So I dip my bullets in cayenne before I load them into my 44s or 454 Casull.
Best of both worlds. Right?

All joking aside, spray usually works, but I would NOT bet my life on spray alone EVER! I carry guns, usually both a handgun and a long arm. Where I live and hunt Grizzlies are very common. I have personally never been charged, but I wear a seat belt when I drive too, and I have never been in a bad wreck either.

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Originally Posted by rockinbbar
Originally Posted by ol_mike
Never would I ever depend on Bear Spray , me I see a bear that knows I'm there bear gets shot shortly after .

Check out the Utah Hiker cougar stalking him , likely , NO WEAPON of any kind .



I wouldn't even carry it.


My point exactly!


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Originally Posted by szihn
The bunny-huggers love pepper for bears. So I dip my bullets in cayenne before I load them into my 44s or 454 Casull.
Best of both worlds. Right?

All joking aside, spray usually works, but I would NOT bet my life on spray alone EVER! I carry guns, usually both a handgun and a long arm. Where I live and hunt Grizzlies are very common. I have personally never been charged, but I wear a seat belt when I drive too, and I have never been in a bad wreck either.

Because you haven't doesn't mean you never will.


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I have asthma and won’t carry bear spray. Fugg those bears. They come looking for a meal or a fight it’s going to get really loud.


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If the bear is close enough to be sprayed with bear spray, you ought to have already put 2-3 rounds into it. smile

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Let's see. Pull pistol start putting rounds on target. Results = damaged bear, good chance dead bear.
Bear spray, pull out can fumble for pin to pull out, then spray, into wind. Results = mauled or dead person.
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I wonder how effective it would work on baboons.


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My wife is all about bear spray but I much prefer carrying a gun. I bought my first can of bear spray this year because it was 50% off and the one my wife carries is out of date. I'm trying to encourage her to shoot more and carry her 357.

For a lot of people that don't shoot often spray my be a better choice. For anyone with moderate gun experience I say take a gun.

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Those cans of bear whiz are a joke. Ever tried to quick draw and shoot one? Pffft. If they made bear whiz shaped and fired like a firearm, I'd carry one crossdraw, or on the weak side. But I'm packing real iron, first.


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Originally Posted by rockinbbar
If the bear is close enough to be sprayed with bear spray, you ought to have already put 2-3 rounds into it. smile

You are wasting valuable seconds only to find out it won't work...


No doubt!


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If you're walking up on a spring bear guarding a carcass, I'm thinking something like bear spray or even a pistol might not be much help.

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we don't have the large bears here in Florida, but we have a huge number of black bears. Some of those are fairly hefty. I don't particularly like them, and certainly don't trust black bears. I am in the woods a lot, and always have a heavy loaded 10MM Glock or a .44 Magnum with me.


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The article stated they don't know whether he used it or not:

"Mock when attacked had bear spray — a Mace-like deterrent meant to protect against attacks — but officials said they did not know if he managed to use it. Bear spray canisters have safety tabs to prevent them from going off accidentally and the safety tab on Mock’s bear spray was off, Jacobsen said."

Not defending bear spray but if you don't use your weapon, won't matter whether it slings lead or red slush....situational awareness and mindset are kinda critical.

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Originally Posted by dogcatcher223
If you're walking up on a spring bear guarding a carcass, I'm thinking something like bear spray or even a pistol might not be much help.



Yeah, they tend to get a little testy, especially if its their first real meal of the year.


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I don't have a problem with bunny huggers carrying bear spray..........


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Originally Posted by 12344mag
I don't have a problem with bunny huggers carrying bear spray..........



I don't have a problem spraying bunny huggers with bear spray. laugh


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So they have the spray can and the bear, but they don’t know if he at least sprayed some of it? Seems legit.🤪

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