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Originally Posted by 908/930
I looked up some info from the internet so it is probably close, lol. BC deaths caused by drowning 2023=119, 2024=98, motorcycle deaths 2023=48, 2024=27. 1990 to 2023 Alberta and BC deaths caused by grizzly's = 20. The bears are not a problem.
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Yup, statistically irrelevant. Until you are that statistic. "Everything is fine until it's not."
A firearm is simply a prudent precaution. I've spent an awful lot of time in very good bear country and am happy to report that I never had to shoot one that I did not want to shoot. Each and every guide I hunted with, however, had at least a time or two (and some a good deal more often than that) been forced to shoot to defend themselves and/or a client.
It does happen. Not often, for sure. But to say "the bears are not a problem" is just silly. If one ever becomes
your problem, a firearm may prove to be the only way to "un-fornicate" the situation.