Bear Charge. What guns are you bringing into the bush?

little white dove said:
for years i only carried a uncle henry knife on my hip , while out minnow trapping. I figured if worse came to worse i would offer the bear my left arm while i killed it with my right . I was all tough until a moose tried to get in a canoe with me and all i had was a broken paddle to defend myself , i thought about hitting the young bull in the balls but he finally left with me just yelling at him.. Now it's a 30-06 or a 243 or a 12 gauge.. :)
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lol
 
If a bear does charge, it happens fast and is over almost immediately. There isn't much time to think about it. If you fill your boxers it most likely would be after the fact. Lol
 
Cleftwynd said:
If a bear does charge, it happens fast and is over almost immediately. There isn't much time to think about it. If you fill your boxers it most likely would be after the fact. Lol
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That may be true too or in addition to the configuration/status below.

My bowel selector switch would likely go from Safe, past Skid Mark to to Full auto Pew Pew Pew, or Poo, Poo, Poo.
 
had a buddy with a cottage near the sault marie.making breakfast in the cabin a bear comes flying throu the kitchen window.buddy shoots it with #8s 3 feet from him.i come out of the next room and the whole rooms a mess .blood and guts everywhere.did he shoot 2 or 3 times cant remember but bear stopped inches from the muzzle.he had to go down to the lake and clean himself and it was not all blood and guts.he shat the pudding out of him and slapt with the gun for the rest of the week
 
geologist said:
.375 H&H.

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What are your dogs looking at? Makes me miss my barker. She didn't fit in with noise bylaws so we pensioned her off to a single lady on 80 acres who likes the company.
 
For me, it's all about firepower and compactibility when in the bush.

I camp locally in NH, and also in Missouri's Ozarks, with one trip planned in June. Always play bear-smart camping, very rigid on that.

Camping for longarms normally is a Valmet, M62/S w/30rd Finn poly OD mag. Tube steel stock, late poly forend. I run PPU 7.62x39mm 123gr Pointed SP, run with one up the spout, change lever on S. Being former career Army, no biggie to run with weapons hot. The mad bunch I camp with are all Vets, so our outings have that 'patrol' feel.

There's an abundance of black bears here.

Pistol wise, 92FS (M9 roll marked). It's heavier ya, but robust w/15rds of Hornady's Critical Duty 9x19mm +P. I use a US M7 shoulder holster, which is user friendly, carry with de-cocker off, so one 'double action' shot straight away.

Aside from smaller creatures of the night, scurrying about, nothing really. More worried about spooking a skunk than bears, but still forewarned is forearmed.
 
1feral1 said:
For me, it's all about firepower and compactibility when in the bush.

I camp locally in NH, and also in Missouri's Ozarks, with one trip planned in June. Always play bear-smart camping, very rigid on that.

Camping for longarms normally is a Valmet, M62/S w/30rd Finn poly OD mag. Tube steel stock, late poly forend. I run PPU 7.62x39mm 123gr Pointed SP, run with one up the spout, change lever on S. Being former career Army, no biggie to run with weapons hot. The mad bunch I camp with are all Vets, so our outings have that 'patrol' feel.

There's an abundance of black bears here.

Pistol wise, 92FS (M9 roll marked). It's heavier ya, but robust w/15rds of Hornady's Critical Duty 9x19mm +P. I use a US M7 shoulder holster, which is user friendly, carry with de-cocker off, so one 'double action' shot straight away.

Aside from smaller creatures of the night, scurrying about, nothing really. More worried about spooking a skunk than bears, but still forewarned is forearmed.
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... just remember to keep the T97 with untested mags as backup... ya know just in case... :p;)
 
BigUglyMan said:
I like my 9.3x62 (366 Wagner for the uninitiated). I trust the M98 more than I would trust the semi-autos on the market today.
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The question is does the shooter have the confidence to run the bolt gun effectively in a dangerous bear situation, whereas a proven semi-auto manages bolt manipulation for you. In the first video they began shooting too soon, IMHO, providing themselves with the opportunity to have empty guns by the time the bear got close enough to hurt them. Video 2, I don't have a comment on except I wished they'd shut up.
 
Boomer said:
The question is does the shooter have the confidence to run the bolt gun effectively in a dangerous bear situation, whereas a proven semi-auto manages bolt manipulation for you. In the first video they began shooting too soon, IMHO, providing themselves with the opportunity to have empty guns by the time the bear got close enough to hurt them. Video 2, I don't have a comment on except I wished they'd shut up.
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And that's not a small factor. Lots of people can't run a bolt gun worth a ####. Not saying that I wouldn't use a semi in an appropriate cartridge so long as it had proven itself, but it takes a lot of shooting before I trust a semi as they tend to be fussier about ammo and dirtiness than bolt guns do. But if you can't run a bolt under stress (real stress) then you're better off with something else.
 
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