moooose102
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where i walk my dogs, and target shoot out in the woods, there has very recently been reports /sightings of black bear. i have not seen one as of yet.
but last night, i took my dogs to the woods to walk one, and the other i let run loose. the one i let run loose, i do so for 2 reasons, 1) she is so strong, she hurts me bad ( i have a terrible back ) and i usually spend 1-3 days & nights on the couch recouperating. 2) is because she is just over a year old, and is so full of p.&v. she needs to run to get enough exercise so we can live with her.
anyway. she normally runs out in 50-100 foot circles around me, and comes back often to find me. last night, on one of her circles, she never came back. i back tracked all the way to the truck, and she was in her kennel with the door open, shaking. something had scared the heck out of her, so it makes me wonder if it was a bear.
so back to my original question, i usually take my 45 acp with 230 g fmj bulltes in it, just in case i have some sort of trouble. last night, all i had was my 380, and a 16 gauge with #7 shot in it. neither one much of a bear stopper.
on the outside chance that i do run into this bear, am i just going to make it mad by shooting it with my 45? i wouldnt shoot it unless it was charging me. i would however shoot at a stump or tree to make noise to hopefully scare it off.
but last night, i took my dogs to the woods to walk one, and the other i let run loose. the one i let run loose, i do so for 2 reasons, 1) she is so strong, she hurts me bad ( i have a terrible back ) and i usually spend 1-3 days & nights on the couch recouperating. 2) is because she is just over a year old, and is so full of p.&v. she needs to run to get enough exercise so we can live with her.
anyway. she normally runs out in 50-100 foot circles around me, and comes back often to find me. last night, on one of her circles, she never came back. i back tracked all the way to the truck, and she was in her kennel with the door open, shaking. something had scared the heck out of her, so it makes me wonder if it was a bear.
so back to my original question, i usually take my 45 acp with 230 g fmj bulltes in it, just in case i have some sort of trouble. last night, all i had was my 380, and a 16 gauge with #7 shot in it. neither one much of a bear stopper.
on the outside chance that i do run into this bear, am i just going to make it mad by shooting it with my 45? i wouldnt shoot it unless it was charging me. i would however shoot at a stump or tree to make noise to hopefully scare it off.