What gun for a grizzly bear in a restaurant?

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So he couldn't stand the idea of a third shot from the .300 WinMag and switched to the shotgun? Yeah, I think the muzzle blast was a bit intense! I sure hope they had good hearing protection. Wait, hasta be the electronic kind with amplification so they can hear the bear sneaking up on them.

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Eh! Whatid you say?
 
We don't have Grizzlies, we have black bear so not sure the same holds true but fish and game shoot anything that encroaches on human space.

Breaking into a restaurant is grounds for shooting. My understanding and from what I have seen of bears in my back yard is, once they feed or shelter in an area, they come back for YEARS to the same area.

Two first hand cases in point:

When we first came here an knew nothing of bears, we put our garbage cans outside. Long story short a bear got to them and we started storing them inside. Same bear came back for three years running looking for food that was no longer there . . . . we were on his circuit and it took years to get taken off the list.

Second: neighbor left smelly garbage in her garage with door open in the summer. Bear walked in and helped himself. Her dogs scared him off and fish and game told her to be real careful because he'd be back.

He came back when she was away; ripped their garage door off and helped himself. Dogs hurt themselves trying to get out of their crates and at the bear. Fish and game tracked and destroyed the bear (can't have bears killing humans, be good for the bear hunt sentiment which they don't want.)

So, long story short, my guess is shooting it was a good idea.
 
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What gun for a grizzly bear in a restaurant?
Same here. I guess a grizzly can have whatever gun he wants. I won't argue with him. Bear arms are a Constitutionally protected right, right? Given the lack of an opposable thumb and the close quarters in some parts of a restaurant, the realistic choices are rather limited.




Oh, you mean to use on the grizzly bear?!
 
My bear

and I go to restaurants all the time...nobody shoots at us...and we don't have to wait in line either...

Seriously...what a great thread...I'm still laughing :evil:
 
Couldn't they just open a door & get a broom to shoo him away? Works with racoons. Are you trying to tell me that a 7' tall grouchy creature with large fangs & claws & capable of running almost as fast as a horse for short distances, who can snap your spine with one blow and who tore through a solid wall, is that much different than a racoon? Sheesh! You people. Scaredy cats! Why must you Alaskans be so pragmatic? Just 'cause you live in an environment that has the potential for death with one small miscalculation is no reason to not take a big chance every once in awhile! I'm sure they could have found any number of people who are used to dealing with large bruins who would have volunteered to wake that griz up & swat his backside with a broom. No problem. :rolleyes:
 
Im certainly no bear expert, but when I went backpacking at Philmont, we were warned to place our food in the bear cannisters at night. Ranch Policy was if a bear got people food, it had to be shot, as it developed a taste for it and would keep coming back, getting more aggressive in its attempts to reach food.

This and other reasons(how exactly do you convince a grizzly bear to move on, shoo, go away please :). are probally why they thought shooting the bear was a good idea. I would have made the same call myself on finding a bear in my building.
 
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