Less lethal hazing rounds

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Here in western Manitoba the almost total lack of bear hunting the last two springs, but more importantly the lack of bear baiting for said hunting has thrown the black bear population into, once again uncharacteristic behaviour. Very little hunting pressure, a bumper berry crop and a mild winter has contributed to more bears, making this a perfect storm for human bear interactions. I’ve made somewhat successful less lethal hazing rounds in the past, successful in that they didn’t kill and bears but not the most accurate. I decided to get some .68 riot balls meant for paintball guns and load a less lethal Dixie triball style load, but there is almost no good info floating around about loads. I was planning on loading in score 3” hulls with a power piston, and three balls in a tyvec wrap, maybe with an overshot to ease crimp. I have Red dot and tire wad. Anybody got any ideas? I could load for weight but experience tells me that that isn’t fast enough.
 
Nothing gets your blood flowing more than turning an annoying bear into a angry bear. If you are going to gamble on less lethal I would strongly suggest having some VERY lethal rounds in the shotgun as well, just in case the bear gets really annoyed at you.
My "bear be gone" recipe is 2 rounds of of 12 ga loaded with polymer projectiles and 5 rounds of slugs as back up.
 
I have slugs and buckshot on and in the gun whenever I’m deploying less lethal. Hazing of bears is pretty common around here. The commercially available stuff is too expensive. I have the equipment to reload for 12 gauge. If I need to put down the bear I will but hazing them is effective and actually more effective the more it’s done. A lot of problem bears wouldn’t be problem bears if the first time they marauded in town then got shot in the ass with some rubber. If it wasn’t so damn dry here I’d just use cheap zip-bang fireworks but we are under fire bans.
 
If its not illegal to just kill problem bears why not do that. There has been a spike in the bear numbers in saskatchewan too. A fellow I know shot 11 bears in his yard last fall that were there for no good. He let the others go. The only way to reduce the risk is to remove the problem all together. In the south here we don't less lethal shoot our gophers and coyotes.
 
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