Bear protection handguns?

[wilkup]

Something else to consider that I personally utilize…
Marine grade flares. They burn hotter and brighter. I keep a few in my pack for emergency fire starters, but in big bear country would absolutely carry one of these instead of bear spray.
Double fisting with a heavy caliber wheel gun in my right hand and flare in my left… I'd basically become a real life Harry Potter at that point

 

[Hoppsing55]

At 65 years of age, I personally have been aquainted with maybe 2 dozen+ people having been killed in a vehicle accident. ( the odds of a person dying in a vehicle accident are 1-107, according to the NSC.) Yet I still drive every day. I have no personal connection to a "bear attack fatality". (1 in 2.1ml odds, according to the National Park Service.) And I still hunt in Bear territorry. To each his own.

 

[WYO300RUM]

Something else to consider that I personally utilize…
Marine grade flares. They burn hotter and brighter. I keep a few in my pack for emergency fire starters, but in big bear country would absolutely carry one of these instead of bear spray.
Double fisting with a heavy caliber wheel gun in my right hand and flare in my left… I'd basically become a real life Harry Potter at that point

I was thinking bear spray in right hand and pistol in left if rifle wasn't possible .

 

[WYO300RUM]

At 65 years of age, I personally have been aquainted with maybe 2 dozen+ people having been killed in a vehicle accident. ( the odds of a person dying in a vehicle accident are 1-107, according to the NSC.) Yet I still drive every day. I have no personal connection to a "bear attack fatality". (1 in 2.1ml odds, according to the National Park Service.) And I still hunt in Bear territorry. To each his own.

That's comforting ... What state do you hunt in ??? I've seen enough griz that it's always on my mind. Especially if you have an animal down. They will want to take it from you.

 

[WYO300RUM]

Only the begining of season.

Alberta Has Second Fatal Grizzly Attack in 3 Weeks

On May 25, a 68-year-old woman was killed by a grizzly bear near Water Valley, Alberta. "The individual had gone for a walk on their property and was found deceased on one of their trails," Alberta Fish and Wildlife said in a written statement. The individual’s name was not released. Despite...

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[Rick Richard]

That's comforting ... What state do you hunt in ??? I've seen enough griz that it's always on my mind. Especially if you have an animal down. They will want to take it from you.

Been there done that…and in your state. Thorofare region.

 

[WYO300RUM]

Didn't they stop bear hunting ? Always happens .

 

[WYO300RUM]

Been there done that…and in your state. Thorofare region.

Not just in Thorofare anymore . Overpopulated now and no fear of humans .

 

[VLD Pilot]

At 65 years of age, I personally have been aquainted with maybe 2 dozen+ people having been killed in a vehicle accident. ( the odds of a person dying in a vehicle accident are 1-107, according to the NSC.) Yet I still drive every day. I have no personal connection to a "bear attack fatality". (1 in 2.1ml odds, according to the National Park Service.) And I still hunt in Bear territorry. To each his own.

Not sure if that number was fatalities or attacks. Either way, an attack is bad enough. I'm sure an attack may lead to wishing you were dead if your defense strategy didn't go well.

 

[Pdvdh]

Only the begining of season.

Alberta Has Second Fatal Grizzly Attack in 3 Weeks

On May 25, a 68-year-old woman was killed by a grizzly bear near Water Valley, Alberta. "The individual had gone for a walk on their property and was found deceased on one of their trails," Alberta Fish and Wildlife said in a written statement. The individual’s name was not released. Despite...

trk.klclick.com

But she had 1 in 2.1 million odds!
WTH??? These two poor souls must have been the unluckiest humans on the planet!!!

Pretty sure neither of these victims were comforted one bit by their odds during their life & death fight. And the bear? They don't care about the odds. Kill without a thought, whenever motivated. We mean NOTHING to them.

Truth is, it's no fight at all if you're not packing a firearm. A cat killing a mouse. Bear = cat. Human = mouse.

 

[Ol' Red]

At 65 years of age, I personally have been aquainted with maybe 2 dozen+ people having been killed in a vehicle accident. ( the odds of a person dying in a vehicle accident are 1-107, according to the NSC.) Yet I still drive every day. I have no personal connection to a "bear attack fatality". (1 in 2.1ml odds, according to the National Park Service.) And I still hunt in Bear territorry. To each his own.

Maybe that's why I carry a pistol in the truck. I have several which one should I carry?

 

[Hoppsing55]

That's comforting ... What state do you hunt in ??? I've seen enough griz that it's always on my mind. Especially if you have an animal down. They will want to take it from you.

Hunted in your state of Wyoming, multpile times Once 30 miles south of a bear attack in 2018. That killed Mark Upton. Took a nice cow elk that year, working over a carcass, and never gave bears a thought? Have also hunted sucessfully in, Colorado, Maine, Wisconsin, Maryland, and the province's of Newfoundland and Quebec. All have "bears". To each his own. Not trying to dissuade anyone from their reasoning and planning. Just adding to the thought process.

 

[Pdvdh]

Welcome to the 2.1 million, minus the dead.

 

[VLD Pilot]

.2% of the US population died of Covid yet we hear about deaths from it so much, you'd think it's killed half the population. This is the case with Grizzly victims. Overall the number of deaths from attacks is very small but we hear about them often because someone died. Doesn't minimize the need to be prepared or armed for an incident. I'm pretty sure F&W didn't print that data to let people know it's ok to grab the next cuddly grizzly cub you see wondering around the alaskan bush. Pretty sure there trying to just offer facts and maybe even some comfort that not everyone that walks in the alaskan landscape will be the next victim. Those odds aren't accurate in reality if using only the geography in which grizzly's and brown bears occupy. Those residents and or hunters that frequent bear country regularly are the potential victims not the rest of the country. Lumping in all US residents kinda fudges the real number. Makes it look better.