Interesting article on bear spray vs. bear handgun defense

[dogz]

I've watched that video B4, one thing I noted on it that if the fella who narrates the video is the same fella on the video taking the instruction (Clay) then I find it interesting how much heavier his accent is during his narriation than it is during his in person during instruction..........

Just a side note I guess

 

[dogz]

I'm my mind the Bear is thinking...I'm going to have Friends for Dinner!

My Wife carried a can of dinner spray with her on our Mt. Spring Bear hunting trips .
I just carried the 338 Rum and my favorite 10 mm Glock with 15 rounds of 220 gr nasty herbs and spices!

Rum Man

Curious but did you really carry both the RUM and the 10...?

 

[WYO300RUM]

Oops

 

[Rum Man]

Curious but did you really carry both the RUM and the 10...?

Yes I did . Typically we only carried one Rifle , we always hunted together. So it wasnt to bad with both .
We had several sightings of the Grizzly so I never took a chance.
Atleast one of us would be alive to Finnish razing the Kids !

Rum Man

 

[dogz]

Huh, interesting I know lots of fellas out here in the west that'll carry one or the other but not a single soul who'd carry both. I think we all pretty much figure that if we can't get things sorted out with a long gun that handgun isn't going to help much either. Course it's just added weight to carry so I guess it'd help get more exercise...

I do understand the part about being around to finish rasing the kids, grandkids though

 

[WYO300RUM]

Huh, interesting I know lots of fellas out here in the west that'll carry one or the other but not a single soul who'd carry both. I think we all pretty much figure that if we can't get things sorted out with a long gun that handgun isn't going to help much either. Course it's just added weight to carry so I guess it'd help get more exercise...

I do understand the part about being around to finish rasing the kids, grandkids though

I carry both, bear spray and an 8 in. Straight blade knife.

 

[dogz]

A knife is always a given, ooh........my grandpa would kick my butt if I didn't carry one. But, carrying both a rifle and a handgun is a little too flat land for me....

These bear threads are always a hoot eh

 

[Rum Man]

Heck I forgot i carry a knife to. Plus a few extras in my pack when we get a Nice Bruin down!

For years i carried what my kids called Big Bertha , a 2 " Ruger 480 Alaskan....man that was very unfriendly to shoot . We finnaly parted ways when the Glock 20 SF came into my life !
You can have all kinds of guns but if you dont carry it with you it's no good looking Sexy in the Box .

Rum Man

 

[dogz]

As my Dad would of said, it sounds like Big Bertha would of been worse than most fist fights or divorces............

 

[WYO300RUM]

A knife is always a given, ooh........my grandpa would kick my butt if I didn't carry one. But, carrying both a rifle and a handgun is a little too flat land for me....

These bear threads are always a hoot eh

They are. I use a different knife for gutting, cutting up animal. Straight blade is last ditch on the ground if comes to that and possible. I'm a prepper. I want to have ever chance I can get if it happens. Did you watch the video I posted and the guy that got mauled by griz ?

 

[WYO300RUM]

Good for bear attack
dogz. Might be too heavy

 

[Muddyboots]

 

[fta0303]

Well, you hiked an area with black bears for years, and "they are mean". So did one ever attempt to attack you? I live in black bear country and have had probably over 100 of encounters with them. I even had to wire the exterior of my house with a high voltage system to keep them from breaking in. The not infrequent damage they cause gets expensive fast. (In fact i now install systems on homes in the area as a business.) so i have plent of experience with black bears while hiking, hunting, working around my property, or just cooking dinner. Last encounter was 2 days ago while hiking. I kept my distance (about 70 yards, walked uphill around past them making sure there were no others in my path), and 1 watched me while the other ate…then they went the other direction.

Bears are not "mean". They are just bears. In the animal kingdom, that attribute is mostly exhibited by humans.

Black bears usually want nothing to do with humans. They generally do not prey on humans for food. I scare them away by making myself appear as large as possible and screaming at them. It can be scary if they suddenly appear. You have to stand your ground. Personally i have never had to spray one- i don't carry spray anyway. I've never had to shoot one either. I do carry when i go deeper into the wilderness alone. That is more for mountain lions than bears, but you never know. I had a mountain lion spying me at night at my camping spot when hunting last year. I jumped and screamed faster than i could draw my pistol and it bolted off like lightning. Glad that worked on the lion as well as it does on bears.

The main thing in staying safe with black bears is to not get between a mother and her cubs.

Brown bears are of course a completely different story. I have no experience with them and don't particularly want to.

Main thing is not being the target of a predatory attack. They are infrequent, but the most numerous type of black bear attack.

 

[Muddyboots]

I prefer this one.....