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Hi All ,
I am new to this great forum not a hunter , but neither I am a lover of any creature that kills people . I find the story of the young 7 yr. old girl that was dragged from her tent and killed by a bear extremely extremely troubling . I suppose I would be one who would get the balance of nature completely out of whack by being a " mass murderer " of crockadiles , terrible killer bears , etc. .
From all of the interesting comments I have read regarding bear country it would seem that a must would be to carry a very good Bear spray and attempt to kill only as a last resort . I would carry at least two cannisters !!! Apparently a rifled 12gauge with slugs would also be a must . I love pistols and had " wished " my 1911 45ACP would be fairly effective against a bear , but can see it would be next to useless if not totally useless . Seems to me that one thing is missing from this entire eqaution in that handguns have been maxed to the point that a person cannot handle one capable of doing almost guaranteed damage to a big brown nor can most long guns . It also seems that stronger loads will damage most firearms as well as the shooter .
Here is what I think is needed in big bear country and what is missing from the equation . To begin with I don't feel that anyone should EVER venture into bad country ALONE !!! Apparenlty bear spray is a must !! It would also seem to me that some electonics genius could develop some device that would warn of bear presence . It also seems to me that no " usual " hunting weapon is available for REAL protection . Why not perhaps a totally new concept of possibly a double barreled carryable and comfortably shootable weapon that would launch a devastating EXPLODING round into a killer creature ??? Nothing should be off-limits or beyond consideration when a human life is at stake .
Any of this make any sense at all ?????
Thanks ,
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Hi All ,
I am new to this great forum not a hunter , but neither I am a lover of any creature that kills people . I find the story of the young 7 yr. old girl that was dragged from her tent and killed by a bear extremely extremely troubling . I suppose I would be one who would get the balance of nature completely out of whack by being a " mass murderer " of crockadiles , terrible killer bears , etc. .
From all of the interesting comments I have read regarding bear country it would seem that a must would be to carry a very good Bear spray and attempt to kill only as a last resort . I would carry at least two cannisters !!! Apparently a rifled 12gauge with slugs would also be a must . I love pistols and had " wished " my 1911 45ACP would be fairly effective against a bear , but can see it would be next to useless if not totally useless . Seems to me that one thing is missing from this entire eqaution in that handguns have been maxed to the point that a person cannot handle one capable of doing almost guaranteed damage to a big brown nor can most long guns . It also seems that stronger loads will damage most firearms as well as the shooter .
Here is what I think is needed in big bear country and what is missing from the equation . To begin with I don't feel that anyone should EVER venture into bad country ALONE !!! Apparenlty bear spray is a must !! It would also seem to me that some electonics genius could develop some device that would warn of bear presence . It also seems to me that no " usual " hunting weapon is available for REAL protection . Why not perhaps a totally new concept of possibly a double barreled carryable and comfortably shootable weapon that would launch a devastating EXPLODING round into a killer creature ??? Nothing should be off-limits or beyond consideration when a human life is at stake .
Any of this make any sense at all ?????
Thanks ,
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