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"I suppose you would have shot the bear"
YOU BET...I am not as brave as you (or ..?)

It's arrogant dibbles like you that give outdoorsmen a scat-like scent.

Maybe you should learn bear body language better. You don't have the right to shoot every bear that walks towards you.

I started with a legitimate OP and respectful question...until these MORONS with bear scat for brains got a hold of it.

I would shoot, no doubt. I was charged by a black bear sow with cubs after a pretty lengthy standoff, with me trying to slowly back away and talk in a calm voice (calm by shaky). She kept pace with me for a while and finally got tired of screwing with me and charged. I had already had time (and forethought) to take out my bear spray, and arm it so when she charged I was ready. The spray turned her away and she gathered up her cubs and headed back up the trail where she had come from. Was she bluff charging? I'll never know because I fired the spray at approx. 30 ft and when she hit it she immediately turned back. I'm glad it worked because I emptied the can (I was a little overzealous). I was archery hunting in a unit in CO where you are not allowed to carry a firearm in archery season. I usually carry a sidearm during archery season whenever it's allowed but in this case, had I been carrying, I would certainly have fired my revolver at her (because I had plenty of time to do so). I can't tell you what the outcome would have been. I do NOT live in bear country, but I try to visit their backyards as much as I can and have had a few bear encounters in my life in CO, NM, ID, MT , WY, AK and Canada. I do not know if I would be able to make a CNS hit on a bear at full charge, and I hope I am lucky enough never to find out. All I know is that bears are VERY FAST!!! I've had a couple other close encounters when I was carrying but the bears never charged, just showed enough interest in me that is scared the hell out of me before they (or I) left the scene. They are fast and powerful creatures, but certainly not unstoppable. Most bears I see are headed the other direction, and fast. I just hope I never have to experience something like that again. One last observation, I never seem to have any problems with bear close encounters on the handful of occasions that I've actually had a bear tag in my pocket!

How's that saying go.. Kettle, Pot, Black, calling or somthin'

...and if one runs toward me, I will spend my 1-5 seconds going for CNS , shoulder and hips...

bullshitt. go back and read it. you made a statement based on your googled 'experience'. nothing more.

does that work for you on your 'most dangerous hunts' video game?

Bullets for yogi
Why the reference to the Mekong Delta? Trying to impress people? What does that have to do with this topic? If all you have to hang your hat on is something you did over 40 years ago, there isn't much to you.
And if you'd read the posts, you'd know that a lot of the people posting here know what the hell they are talking about.
If you are so damn scared of bears, why go where the bears are? Why don't you stay in your citified environment?

WHEN did I say "walks towards you"...I said "charge" ...and YES I know the difference between an animal "walking" towards me and a charge...just different animals than Grizzly / Brown bears...and THAT is what my OP was about....before these DVD NatGeo Glacier Park Buwanas started to flame me to inflate further their full-of-hot-air egos and hijacked the thread.

I started with a legitimate OP and respectful question...until these MORONS with bear scat for brains got a hold of it.

Bullets for yogi
Why the reference to the Mekong Delta? Trying to impress people? What does that have to do with this topic? If all you have to hang your hat on is something you did over 40 years ago, there isn't much to you.
And if you'd read the posts, you'd know that a lot of the people posting here know what the hell they are talking about.
If you are so damn scared of bears, why go where the bears are? Why don't you stay in your citified environment?

you tell the 1/2 dozen of my friends and neighbors
that have been mauled by grizz, here in Wyoming
your line of horseschit and you will be laughed at.
Kinda like here, You Big Bad Bear Bwanna-bee.
You bowed up pretty quick and showed your azz.
And I doubt you have any personal ties to the Mekong Delta,
if you did, you wouldn't be spouting off about it,
like you are here.
I don't know nothing about G-bears as I only see 30-50 a year
of the weeny Yellowstone/Mt/Wy varity.
But I can spot a Boone and Crockett [bleep] a mile away.
Your probably right about "not knowing you" but for what I've seen so far "Big Bad Bear Bwanna-Bee"
You are a dipschit! No,you are a arrogant dipschit!
The worst kind, come back and spew your knowledge after
you have actually seen a bear.

Bullets4yogi sure seems like a smart guy.


Travis