So, you think that .44 Mag is enough, eh?

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Yep, bears love to peel your car doors like a bannana. We were not allowed to carry less than .357 and at least 3 reloads (when I worked at a camp). Now I carry the Barrett (although tactical it ain't ). I've seen MORE than a few bears shrug off .9mm and .45 rounds (to the body of course).
-bix
 
So I'm going to take it that the only thing that would stop one of those things (besides a Howitzer) would be a well placed head shot. Body/COM shots, even with a .44 Mag, probably wouldn't stop one?

BTW, who wants to squirt the bear with the pepper spray first? :eek:
 
Are the claws news to people? That's one way to tell brown bear tracks from black bear tracks.

Body/COM shots, even with a .44 Mag, probably wouldn't stop one?
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Why wouldn't COM shots stop one? Head shots are actually not a good idea because it's hard to get a bead on the brain. What looks like the brain is often just a wad of muscle. That's where the legends of bullets bouncing off brown bear skulls got started. If you have to shoot one, just shoot it with a slug gun or rifle. Or I suppose you could run over it.
 
I can't help but laugh at the picture of the paw, with its huge claws, with the caption "attached thumbnails" above it...

I didn't know bears had thumbs!

:)

OK, so it's a bad joke.

Horse walks into a bar, bartender says, why the long face...

/me hides again
 
I do recall that some bow hunters killed a charging griz this year with a .44 mag. but I think they got lucky!
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It's been done with even smaller. And yes, luck helps a lot.

Here are a couple of stories where someone stopped a charging bear with a handgun--a 9mm in one case.

http://www.alpharubicon.com/leo/utilitygunstg.htm

Just two examples where actual use of a handgun to defend ones life and limb against animals can be found in newspaper archives here in Alaska. A couple years ago two men were carrying a litter with a moose quarter up a trail toward their pickup, when a grizzly bear charged from their front. Startled the front man on the litter slipped and fell backward, the one at the rear drew and fired his .45 LC single action revolver, the shot hit the bear in the head killing it instantly. The bear’s nose ended up just three feet from the man who had fallen. Another instance just last year was where a group of three men were fishing along a local salmon river at night (not uncommon). A young sow with a cub charged the first man. Startled he threw a 12ga shotgun at the bear and then dove into the river to get away. The second man, hearing the splash turned to see the bear charging from a few feet away. He drew a 9mm auto from a shoulder holster and began shooting. His first shot broke the front shoulder and caused the bear to veer off and stumble. The third person got into the act and both emptied their pistols into the bear, killing it. This last example is interesting in that a 9mm pistol was used. Most people here were surprised that such a puny round would do more than enrage the bear. The fisherman used 124gr FMJ and his first unaimed shot luckily broke one of the front shoulders, the FMJ bullets penetrated deeply providing the key to killing the bear and surviving this event. In both instances the people involved were fortunate.​
 
as a profesional animal caretaker..... hedgeclippers, please:rolleyes: give me a chainsaw!!!:D

what vehical to kill a big bear? hmmmmmm...... can i have a tank?
 
Startled he threw a 12ga shotgun at the bear and then dove into the river to get away.
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Did I read that right? Threw the shotgun at the bear? Remind me to never go hiking with that guy. :neener:
 
obviously hit by a car

If you look at the picture of the whole bear on the flatbed you can see the lump where the Volkswagen entered but did not have quite enough energy for complete penetration.
 
BAHAHHAHAHAH! after extencive testing, we have concluded that one does not have to worry about over penitration when shooting volkwagons into bears.......
 
Anybody see that old B movie called Grizzly?
They had to take out the bear with bazooka.
Seems appropriate with those "small" claws.:eek:
What do the large ones look like:what:
 
"So far as bear spray goes I would make it a flame thrower..."

naw... use it as bear breath freshener. i mean if his claws were that long, how long do you think its been sence he brushed his teeth? ewwww......
 
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