What is better for stoping a charging bear?
07-15-2016, 04:36 PM
#11
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Allegan, MI
Posts: 8,019
I hunt Wyoming every year and I doubt that a Game Warden will want to see you carrying any type of a rifle during an archery only season and your attempt to claim that it's for self defense purposes. I'm assuming the OP is talking the grizzly laden units over on the west side of the state around Yellowstone/Cody on down a little south and well southeast of Jackson. I would have bear spray on my hip as a first defense because it covers a bigger area to stop one than a bullet that needs to be placed perfectly and that's hard to do in a full charge situation. If you want a weapon, IMHO it should be a revolver and at least a 44 magnum in potency.
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07-15-2016, 05:48 PM
#12
Spike
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jul 2016
Posts: 3
Unit 53
It's unit 53. So close enough to the park,to make a guy think about it a bit more. I don't expect to have any issues. Figure the campsite would be more likely to see a visitor. If they can get into my boxes or food store. Then he can have it.
07-15-2016, 06:46 PM
#13
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Allegan, MI
Posts: 8,019
Yep; be bear aware, especially around the campsite keeping food and anything else with scent that would bring them in at least 100 yards away and up in the air as much as possible. Also, any animal you kill needs to be taken care of quickly and all the meat removed from around the gut pile/carcass ASAP and out of the area. Good luck and be safe!
07-15-2016, 09:40 PM
#14
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: Illinois
Posts: 3,695
Every time my boy and I had a problem we had to shoot was when we sneaked up on a sow and cubs or a fairly hungry and aggressive male. We both hated having to pull triggers and especially hated all the damn paperwork! If the bear don't get ya, writers cramp will!
07-17-2016, 12:54 AM
#16
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Apr 2015
Location: Germany/Calif.
Posts: 2,664
Just a tip, if you have to get a long gun into action quickly and don't want to carry it in your hands, slinging it muzzle up with the long gun to the front works well.
A little practice and you can get it into action almost as quickly as a pistol. A whole lot quicker than slinging it to the rear and causes much less annoyance if you have a pack on.
A little practice and you can get it into action almost as quickly as a pistol. A whole lot quicker than slinging it to the rear and causes much less annoyance if you have a pack on.
11-24-2016, 01:37 PM
#18
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: Illinois
Posts: 3,695
Hi all
I writing in this forum to tell a very short story about my encounter in the woods.
I live in a rural area B.C Canada. A few days ago I was practicing some bushcraft skills a few hundred meters from my back yard (very thick forest).
I encountered a cougar but was able to scare if off.
Usually I don't carry any self defence items into the forest (except knife and axe of course). I do not carry a gun.
Last year a friend of mine gave me an item for christmas. This item is supposed to be designed for urban use and for some reason I decided to bring this item with me on this day....lucky I did. what I brought is a Ultra Urban by a company called Salus. It's basically a rape preventor type device but I can tell you....it also works really well in the woods.
It helped me big time so i though I'd post it here for other people to think about and maybe use instead of a lethal weapon.
Here's a link to this thing.
Salus Ultra URBAN | Salus Defense
I writing in this forum to tell a very short story about my encounter in the woods.
I live in a rural area B.C Canada. A few days ago I was practicing some bushcraft skills a few hundred meters from my back yard (very thick forest).
I encountered a cougar but was able to scare if off.
Usually I don't carry any self defence items into the forest (except knife and axe of course). I do not carry a gun.
Last year a friend of mine gave me an item for christmas. This item is supposed to be designed for urban use and for some reason I decided to bring this item with me on this day....lucky I did. what I brought is a Ultra Urban by a company called Salus. It's basically a rape preventor type device but I can tell you....it also works really well in the woods.
It helped me big time so i though I'd post it here for other people to think about and maybe use instead of a lethal weapon.
Here's a link to this thing.
Salus Ultra URBAN | Salus Defense
11-24-2016, 01:46 PM
#19
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: south eastern PA
Posts: 15,429
This is the 3rd post this Mika person has posted in a few minutes in various threads and I haven't gotten half way through yet. I suspect strongly it is a crock of steaming male bovine excrement and spam and I am reporting it as such..
11-30-2016, 07:49 AM
#20
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Western Nebraska
Posts: 3,393
The best way to stop a charging bear is to take away his credit card.......other than that a shotgun is far far far better than a handgun as extremely few folks can actually handle a powerful handgun.....even those that claim they can. There's a lot of "bull" in this bear issue!