Trade gun for grizzlies

Trigger · Sep 30, 2024

Random thought..

If you were out there. You know grizzly wants to eat you.

Is running at you. You have One shot.

Do you take the 20 yard or so shot when you see the bear coming

Or

Hold it. Holding Hold it till that thing is the length of the gun away or closer.. like your going to powder burn that thing.

Could you Hold it.

longcruise · Sep 30, 2024

A grizzly at 20 yards and coming fast is the time of a trigger pull and ignition away so best pull the trigger immediately.

Trigger · Sep 30, 2024

Right..

Trigger · Sep 30, 2024

I think 10 yards and that thing is in the muzzle.

15 yards maybe it will go off 5 feet away and that's good..

To soon like right away you see it you shoot.. you can still run away maybe.

Trigger · Sep 30, 2024

Just a tuff situation.

You could just run.. run. Run. Save the shot for last resort.

Lay down right away. play dead... then before it eats you.. BANG.

Trigger · Sep 30, 2024

I seen this video.. I'm trying to find now.

This bear was chasing a squirrel like hell.. right up tree.. that bear for a squirrel was taking down the tree.

deerstalkert · Sep 30, 2024

longcruise said:
A grizzly at 20 yards and coming fast is the time of a trigger pull and ignition away so best pull the trigger immediately.

and aim low. a griz can go from zero to tender meat in a blink of the eye.
I live with the things day in and day out. i carry either a .41 mag or a .44 mag when out and about. so far have never had a bad interaction with a griz. black bear, yes. have a permeant limp from one sore head. i pat him on the head every morning and greet him with "good morning A hole." wife thinks i should get rid of the rug.

Trigger · Sep 30, 2024

Not the video I was looking for.

I'm not a ground hog and he dug that up and got it.

The squirrels not fast enough.. like that thing lol I can't run like a squirrels.

Trigger · Sep 30, 2024

I'd kinda want to have a dog with me out there.

I had a Walker coon hound. For a pet. He was smart. Even though I never hunted him, good dog smart dog. Don't know how we would do against a bear but that's the only buddy I'd think of.

deerstalkert · Sep 30, 2024

Trigger said:
I'd kinda want to have a dog with me out there.

your best choice is take a friend with you. not a good friend though.
Griz comes for you just knee cap your "friend" so he can't run and say adios!

The Crisco Kid · Sep 30, 2024

And the dog might run right under your legs to hide when he sees the bear! I quit hunting with a muzzle loader when I moved into an area that was loaded with Brown Bears. Trying to down a charging bear with one shot takes at least as much luck as it does skill. I knew 3 different hunters who got chewed up by the darn things and knew of a couple who were killed. Even a heavily loaded 45-70 seemed small and inefficient when one stood up and huffed at me. Luckily, I never had one charge me.

smokeum54 · Sep 30, 2024

Reverse psychology, charge him

Joke's asid, id try to take the best shot i could quickly and get my knife. Hopefully block with the rifle.

Trigger · Sep 30, 2024

Yea... knife..

It's like being in the water with a shark.

Trigger · Sep 30, 2024

But yea charge.. it's one of the few options that might work too.

A good shot.

Lucky playing dead.

Charge it.

Juice Jaws · Sep 30, 2024

Read many times where the Mountain Men had to shoot the bears half a dozen or more times to bring them down. Only one shot charging you, - you are going to die.

Absoroka · Sep 30, 2024

Grizzlies can run up to 35 miles per hour. Running is a fools dream - it triggers their hunting instinct. We saw grizzly every day while hunting black bear in NW Wyoming this year. The closest one came up behind us up wind so we all were all a little surprised. My .58 was in the saddle scabbard so not really an option at the time. He looked at us, we looked at him, and he left. Everyone was happy. IF you startle one, it is likely game on. One shot would have to be a head shot to do any good once the adrenaline starts pumping in Mr. bear. If the bear is running at you, good luck with that one.

Stykbow · Sep 30, 2024

I wonder how hard it is to shoot yourself in the head with a muzzleloading rifle?

Might be the best option.

Trigger · Sep 30, 2024

Stykbow said:
I wonder how hard it is to shoot yourself in the head with a muzzleloading rifle? Might be the best option.

Don't even.. there's that dude in Russia that a bear munched on paralyzed for a month or so thing.

They found him still alive kinda. Half eaten for real.

Trigger · Sep 30, 2024

Yea

https://www.themeateater.com/hunt/b...n-paralyzed-by-bear-cached-in-den-for-a-month

Powderfirst · Sep 30, 2024

Bear spray is your best bet, not period correct but your best chance to keep from getting a new nickname: “Member Him”?

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