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actually running from a bear IS THE WORST THING you can do, either stand your ground,yelling(real loud-duh) and shoot as per the aforementioned "how to shoot a bear" 360 degree diagram i cannot link to. or "play dead" and pray he splits.
how fast they are, and how quiet they are is scary. kind of like NOT hearing a shark scuba diving and then..............THERE HE IS! YIKES!
this crap about kinder gentler bear spray and bells is for the "death wishers".
i have actually spent quite a bit of my off time reading about bear encounters after our incidents and how i will handle it next time.
kind of like rattlesnakes here. yeah yeah ya just walk around them. but what about the ones that just "APPEAR" in yer face/space???? hmmmm kind of the time a HP,JSP,FMJ is kind of worthless unless yer damn good. and snakeshot is your friend.
so with bears it just seems plain damn simple to carry the correct rounds for the spoon yer carrying.
we have been thru the SOP for 12 ga snot-spoons. and here it is again.
1st round #6 birdshot to blind them, and to stall their attack.
2nd rd OO BUCK
3rd rd 3" breneke slug
4th OO BUCK
5th slug
6th etc however many rds in tube ya got.
but one article i read is how many ranger dangers(USFS) are deciding NOT to carry 12 snotguns and opting for...........1895 MARLIN 45/70 GUIDE GUNS!
hmmmm i wonder why????? maybe they know something we all dont????
all i can say is for my next journey into the vast wastelands, i'll spring the bucks for some corbons and some garretts and shoot a few for giggles and groupings before i go and see what groups best out of my spoons.
its not a rehearsal dealing w/these "silly bears". and as i read "bear attacks of the last century", you will be surprised at how small some of the black bears were. and as we all know, theres bears in 49 states................theres probably a bear in yer garbage RIGHT NOW!
and heres another lil tidbit.................unless its damn cold out.............take that hibernation thing and SHOVE IT! they can be cruising around year around. or just leave their lil dens to take a #3 and go back dreaming about gold-di-locks.
knowledge is power and nature doesnt suffer FOOLS!
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if there are TROUT..........there are BEARS!
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