What shotgun would you recommend for bear defence while cruising the seafood aisle of your local Dominion store? Is a 14" barrel the best bet for wheeling around quickly with an arm load of frozen fishsticks when a hungry bear unexpectedly emerges from the fresh produce section?
And has anyone here actually shot a bear in a Dominion store? You hear stories of it happening and there's certainly no shortage of opinions, but I'm interested to get some solid firsthand information from someone who has actually 'been there'. Does hanging small bells from your shopping cart help to avoid surprising an unsuspecting mother bear as her and her cubs sample the blackforest ham at the deli counter?
What about bear sprays ...are they really an effective alternative to a shotgun? I've heard that if a bear spends enough time in the pharmacy aisle, it can become so accustomed to the mixed scents of underarm deodorants, aftershaves and liquid fabric softeners that bear sprays no longer work. Is that true?
Although the odds of encountering a bear in a Dominion store might be small, I think we can all agree on taking the proper precautions to avoid the horrors of a mauling while your back is turned in the '5 Items or Less' checkout line. Others may laugh as you pick up a week's worth of Pampers and a bag of charcoal briquets with a loaded 12ga holstered across your back, but they won't be laughing when a grizzly suddenly pokes its head out from behind the rental carpet shampooer display.
Nope... y'sure can't have enough 'bear defence' threads in the ol' shotgun forum...
And has anyone here actually shot a bear in a Dominion store? You hear stories of it happening and there's certainly no shortage of opinions, but I'm interested to get some solid firsthand information from someone who has actually 'been there'. Does hanging small bells from your shopping cart help to avoid surprising an unsuspecting mother bear as her and her cubs sample the blackforest ham at the deli counter?
What about bear sprays ...are they really an effective alternative to a shotgun? I've heard that if a bear spends enough time in the pharmacy aisle, it can become so accustomed to the mixed scents of underarm deodorants, aftershaves and liquid fabric softeners that bear sprays no longer work. Is that true?
Although the odds of encountering a bear in a Dominion store might be small, I think we can all agree on taking the proper precautions to avoid the horrors of a mauling while your back is turned in the '5 Items or Less' checkout line. Others may laugh as you pick up a week's worth of Pampers and a bag of charcoal briquets with a loaded 12ga holstered across your back, but they won't be laughing when a grizzly suddenly pokes its head out from behind the rental carpet shampooer display.
Nope... y'sure can't have enough 'bear defence' threads in the ol' shotgun forum...
