Defense against BEARS.

Well if nothing else, USE YOUR WITS!:confused: You could always try other means of taking down a bear. climb a good solid tree with your rifle slung across your back, when the bear comes up after you, you should get a good clean shot, or several in fact. the fall from the tree may well do more damage than the bullet. (just don’t fall yourself.)

Going out into deep water, bears can swim, but their legs are busy, allowing you to reach over and dunk them, if they don’t retreat, you may be able drown them like this, raccoons do this to wolves by climbing on their head.

Fire could be a good deterrent, I recall a good can of "Liquid wrench" (kinda like WD-40) shoots something like a 10+ foot flame if you ignite it. or just mix lamp oil and lighter fluid, put it in a super soaker or weed sprayer, then rig a sinful igniter for a 20+ foot flame. This is what foest fire fighters use for starting a back burn. just keep it humble, resist the temptation to go overkill, and dont try it in the dry seasons. or you may find yourself in a hot place.:evil:
 
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Going out into deep water, bears can swim, but their legs are busy, allowing you to reach over and dunk them, if they don’t retreat, you may be able drown them like this, raccoons do this to wolves by climbing on their head.
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I wouldn't try that with Polar Bears. :eek: :D
 
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Going out into deep water, bears can swim, but their legs are busy, allowing you to reach over and dunk them, if they don’t retreat, you may be able drown them like this, raccoons do this to wolves by climbing on their head.
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What works in one application might not be prudent in another, so perhaps this technique should be reserved for wolf defence. A bear in the water can be surprisingly spry, and if he doesn't kill you with a swat or a bite, he'll probably drown you, drag you to shore, and eat you . . .

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=(M-1)= said:
-I think a can of pepper spray couldn’t hurt as a back up, but does that stuff really work on a big mean pissed off bear? And what are the chances of a malfunction in the operation of the can?
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Good luck with that, after training dogs and being exposed to OC( pepper spray) in many different situations I wouldn't count on OC as a defense against bears in any situation especially ones that were $%^$^&* off.
 
=(M-1)= said:
Well if nothing else, USE YOUR WITS!:confused: You could always try other means of taking down a bear. climb a good solid tree with your rifle slung across your back, when the bear comes up after you, you should get a good clean shot, or several in fact. the fall from the tree may well do more damage than the bullet. (just don’t fall yourself.)

Going out into deep water, bears can swim, but their legs are busy, allowing you to reach over and dunk them, if they don’t retreat, you may be able drown them like this, raccoons do this to wolves by climbing on their head.

Fire could be a good deterrent, I recall a good can of "Liquid wrench" (kinda like WD-40) shoots something like a 10+ foot flame if you ignite it. or just mix lamp oil and lighter fluid, put it in a super soaker or weed sprayer, then rig a sinful igniter for a 20+ foot flame. This is what foest fire fighters use for starting a back burn. just keep it humble, resist the temptation to go overkill, and dont try it in the dry seasons. or you may find yourself in a hot place.:evil:
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I think you forgot the 'sarcasm' emoticon, at least I hope you forgot the 'sarcasm' emoticon.
 
=(M-1)= said:
Well if nothing else, USE YOUR WITS!:confused: You could always try other means of taking down a bear. climb a good solid tree with your rifle slung across your back, when the bear comes up after you, you should get a good clean shot, or several in fact. the fall from the tree may well do more damage than the bullet. (just don’t fall yourself.)

Going out into deep water, bears can swim, but their legs are busy, allowing you to reach over and dunk them, if they don’t retreat, you may be able drown them like this, raccoons do this to wolves by climbing on their head.

Fire could be a good deterrent, I recall a good can of "Liquid wrench" (kinda like WD-40) shoots something like a 10+ foot flame if you ignite it. or just mix lamp oil and lighter fluid, put it in a super soaker or weed sprayer, then rig a sinful igniter for a 20+ foot flame. This is what foest fire fighters use for starting a back burn. just keep it humble, resist the temptation to go overkill, and dont try it in the dry seasons. or you may find yourself in a hot place.:evil:
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:eek:

I like the part about climbing trees......Hopefully the bear is not following you....you know he runs faster in a strait line and also climbs a tree at a faster rate.

I hunt Bear from a tree stand and would feel better with a sidearm to repel any sort of unwanted "climbers" .

Better stick to your Tacticool belt fed 300 WM.......

(I knew they existed and stated so but most People dont' hunt with 15 pound Sniper rifles that arent' so readily available over the counter.)
 
Bruce47 said:
RUPZUK said:
Another thing to remember is if you are seeing bears, your deer / moose / etc. will not be there.

Unless their on top of said Moose or Deer:eek:
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Good point.

Doc M said:
You know, I've seen a lot of 'bear defense' threads and suggestions in my time here on CGN...

I'd like to propose a "Defense against Bear Defense Threads" thread.

What would you use if you had to defend yourself against a bear defense thread?

Personally, I would use satire ;).

-M
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I think we need to split it into a sub forum, we need a poll.:dancingbanana:

=(M-1)= said:
Well if nothing else, USE YOUR WITS!:confused: You could always try other means of taking down a bear. climb a good solid tree with your rifle slung across your back, when the bear comes up after you, you should get a good clean shot, or several in fact. the fall from the tree may well do more damage than the bullet. (just don’t fall yourself.)

Going out into deep water, bears can swim, but their legs are busy, allowing you to reach over and dunk them, if they don’t retreat, you may be able drown them like this, raccoons do this to wolves by climbing on their head.

Fire could be a good deterrent, I recall a good can of "Liquid wrench" (kinda like WD-40) shoots something like a 10+ foot flame if you ignite it. or just mix lamp oil and lighter fluid, put it in a super soaker or weed sprayer, then rig a sinful igniter for a 20+ foot flame. This is what foest fire fighters use for starting a back burn. just keep it humble, resist the temptation to go overkill, and dont try it in the dry seasons. or you may find yourself in a hot place.:evil:
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Dude, I really got to thank you for your posts, keep up the good work I love it. Haven't laughed this hard for awhile.:D:D:D
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Accept the inevitable;there is no hope. Start going to church and update your will. I'm taken back to one of my favourite "one each issue" Outdoor Life bear stories in the early 1960s. One of a group of hunters takes a poke at a huge boar Griz with some sort of magnum rifle. The enraged bear shrugs off the hit and trees the hunters who all drop their rifles in the melee. The bear then finds the offending magnum and distainfully voids his bowels on it then walks off to lick his arse. I can't remember if the bear chewed the foot or boot heel off the lowest hunter in the tree (they often did that). Shaken hunters spend a prayerful night up the tree with soiled drawers and then creep away in the morning as profoundly changed men.
 
Doc M said:
I'll tell you what. 1. Let's sleep side by side in my tent...

But NOTHING - and I mean nothing (besides a handgun, and that's verboten) - 2. maneuvers as fast as a pistol-grip 12 in a tent.

-M
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1. That's wrong on several different levels - just weird...

2. Yes - something does. Me getting away from you after I cut a hole on the other side of the tent from the bear...
 
mudgunner49 said:
And for zombies - don't forget zombies...;)

With the flare gun, don't forget to throw a shot of Courvoisier in his face first.

Seriously dude - "hand axe"???:rolleyes:
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Uh... this wasn't originally posted by "Doc M" - I resent that misquote! Go embarrass bigrigdawson like you should! :p

-M
 
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Well if nothing else, USE YOUR WITS! You could always try other means of taking down a bear. climb a good solid tree with your rifle slung across your back, when the bear comes up after you, you should get a good clean shot, or several in fact. the fall from the tree may well do more damage than the bullet. (just don’t fall yourself.)

Going out into deep water, bears can swim, but their legs are busy, allowing you to reach over and dunk them, if they don’t retreat, you may be able drown them like this, raccoons do this to wolves by climbing on their head.

Fire could be a good deterrent, I recall a good can of "Liquid wrench" (kinda like WD-40) shoots something like a 10+ foot flame if you ignite it. or just mix lamp oil and lighter fluid, put it in a super soaker or weed sprayer, then rig a sinful igniter for a 20+ foot flame. This is what foest fire fighters use for starting a back burn. just keep it humble, resist the temptation to go overkill, and dont try it in the dry seasons. or you may find yourself in a hot place.
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It seems previous posts on page 9 disagree with my tactics .f:P:

-1. If the only choice you have is to use pepperspray or fight with your hands, or bash the bear with an empty rifle, I'd try the pepper spray.

-2.Bears climb trees quick no doubt, but if you can think of a better way to slow them down to give you several close range clean shots, I'm all ears...
I had a buddy in forestry who was treed by bear 3 times and spent a few nights in the tree, He managed to fight the bear from climbing the tree one of those times, with just his boot heal. That sure as hell would not have worked on solid ground. So a rifle would be better?? no?? (this also relates to the subject of the swimming bear.)

-3. If you would rather fight a bear with your hands on land than attempt to drown it in water, be my guest. But its a fact that lower life forms have difficulty performing more than one or two tasks at a time, often if they are swimming (or climbing), that’s a big task for four legged animals. So that is all they can effectively focus on, which demotes their fighting prowess, because that pair of actions likely just never happen to them in the course of their lives. For instance: As vicious as a dog can be on land, they are useless in the water. their is no reason a bear could not possibly be the same, after all the only time you see them fighting in water, is when they are fishing in shallow water, or no more than two steps from it.
Sure this is just a theory, but if nothing else its better than fighting it on land where its proven it’s self the victor time and time again.

-4. Every creature on earth fears two things more than any other, being eaten alive, and being burned alive, so using some sort of fire related deterrent, could send a bear running, especially if you light his ass on fire. and again, its better than fighting with your hands or running your ass off in search of a tree or car that just isn’t there.

Note: these tactics are reserved for when your fire arm has not availed you, or for use with your firearm. I would not use these tactics as my stand alone defense.
 
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