Trade gun for grizzlies

Piquant · Friday at 5:29 PM

I can skin a grizzly as fast as you can catch em.

waksupi · Friday at 6:09 PM

dirty ike said:
https://hungryhorsenews.com/news/2018/sep/19/warden-who-survived-griz-attack-recognized-10/ now this should answer some of the questions on this thread , i remember when this happened and i believe there was a video of this or another release gone wrong, still looking for that will post i t if i find it

I remember Lou, I think he was kinda show boating for the outdoor writers, as it was the first year that gathering was held. He took a lot of crap over that stupid stunt. I think he retired the year I quit working for F&G.

Spikebuck · Friday at 7:10 PM

Do you think Fred's guide could have killed the Brown Bear before it covered 15 feet?

gunpa · Friday at 10:45 PM

I live about 80 miles from Yellowstone. Just this year at least 3 bears have been killed by hunters packing 10 mm modern pistols. Certainly less powerful than my 44 mag. Phil Shoemaker, Alaskan guide and writer, killed a brown bear with hard cast 9mm bullets in a small unmentionable. They do die from lead poisoning.

oldschoolhunter55 · Saturday at 12:51 AM

Spikebuck said:
Do you think Fred's guide could have killed the Brown Bear before it covered 15 feet?

I'm telling you FRED BEAR is a real hunter. He did it his way.MUCH RESPECT TO HIM.

Coinneach · Saturday at 12:59 AM

deerstalkert said:
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!

Why didnt you post that back in 2014 when I was facing a property settlement contest with my Ex ?
I would have talked her into flying over to USA and holidaying in the Rockies "harmonising with cute cuddly Grizzly Bears"; would have saved me a fortune.

Coinneach · Saturday at 1:12 AM

Enfield58 said:
I know it was just a movie but it looked pretty darn real!

Sure did, try to lay still and ignore the agony as the Bear rips you to shredded meat ?
No thanks, can anyone recommend a 40mm rifle with a 100 round magazine ?

Coinneach · Saturday at 1:36 AM

8Ball said:
Last year here in Banff National Park. Two cans of empty bear spray were found at the scene...

https://globalnews.ca/news/10005074...essage-from-alberta-couple-killed-by-grizzly/

Way back in 1977 a Company of we Aussie troops were on exchange with 2PPCLI doing a 2 month Mountaineering course in Banff National park, gawd its a stunningly beautiful region.

Anyway we saw a few Bears from a distance, (thankfully our Canadian hosts carried loaded 7.62mm/308 SLR's with them, but they didnt let us have ammo "you Aussies are too f.......n aggressive") one day we were striding out on an alpine trail and the hugest Bear came hurtling down a slope a few hundred metres away; we Aussies were shocked to say the least (deadly venomous Snakes, wild scrub Bulls and ginormous "Crocodiliacs" we can deal with; but a Dinosaur size Winnie the Poo intent on converting us into Rat meat; no thank you.
Anyway one of the Canadian Sergeants runs towards the oncoming Bear (with SLR in hand) and starts Star jumping and bellowing like a wounded Bull, the ol Grizzly stops his downhill run at us and watches for a moment then turns tail and runs uphill the way he came. We'd never seen anything like it before, the Canuck SGT said to us later "dont try to dance with f........n Bears"; for the rest of our time we kept mimicking his advice in mock Canadian accents.
Great guys the Canuck soldiers, we Aussies loved working with them.

Coinneach · Saturday at 1:42 AM

The Crisco Kid said:
The Crisco Kid said:

If I remember right, sometimes back in the 70's or 80's somewhere in Oregon or Washington a greenie had himself chained to a tree to protest logging. Along came a black bear and ate him for breakfast. I'll bet he wished he'd had a pistol, a big one.

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If I remember right, sometimes back in the 70's or 80's somewhere in Oregon or Washington a greenie had himself chained to a tree to protest logging. Along came a black bear and ate him for breakfast. I'll bet he wished he'd had a pistol, a big one.

Shame it wasnt videod.

Coinneach · Saturday at 3:24 AM

flconch53 said:
When I bear hunted I always picked a partner that couldn't run as fast as me.

The idea of a butt ugly, loud mouthed Leftard Woke woman with body piercings and rainbow colored Hair appeals to me, appropriately dusted over with a herbal seasoning that appeals to Bears of course......

Coinneach · Saturday at 3:33 AM

Piquant said:
I can skin a grizzly as fast as you can catch em.

"Was it worth the trouble Pilgrim" ?

"Twernt no trouble".

Coinneach · Saturday at 3:35 AM

To everyone who contributed here, thanks for a great thread its been something of an education to this ol Aussie.

Rudyard · Saturday at 3:46 AM

Coinneach said:
Shame it wasnt videod.

Dear Coinreach. That's perhaps a bit unkind cant blame the principled tree hugger . cant really blame the Bear Iv'e worked on logging claims in BC western Canada huge virgn timber while a Bears got to eat & the loggers do make a' hour' of a mess. I used to descend the Homathka & the KliniKlina rivers of the Coast Range of British Columbia .from the interior Chilcotin platogh and on reaching the big inlets with logging claims Ide 'set on' in any job going to cleanup & fatten up . Winterising, 'Donkey Doctors' off sider .' Boom mans off sider' & if nothing better 'setting chockers' (Pushin beeds ).What I found was the crew did not relate to the Bush they might as well be in a factory it was just profitable' 'Weeds' as for as most saw it they had little idea of the wild stuff ide struggeled 10 or 12 day's to travel though. Bears, Moose, drowning just potential hazards I took on . So I saw the wilds in a very different light and on balance ide sympathize with the tree hugger .I did, except once carry a Muzzleloader finding my old double ex flint16 bore the best suited with enough shot to harvest Spruce grouse in the right & a ball in the left in case Brer Bear thought ide help his fat build up .I'me no John Muire of 'travels in Alaska' fame But I can relate to' the Bush '.
Regard's Rudyard

Coinneach · Saturday at 4:03 AM

Rudyard said:
Dear Coinreach. That's perhaps a bit unkind cant blame the principled tree hugger . cant really blame the Bear Iv'e worked on logging claims in BC western Canada huge virgn timber while a Bears got to eat & the loggers do make a' hour' of a mess. I used to descend the Homathka & the KliniKlina rivers of the Coast Range of British Columbia .from the interior Chilcotin platogh and on reaching the big inlets with logging claims Ide 'set on' in any job going to cleanup & fatten up . Winterising, 'Donkey Doctors' off sider .' Boom mans off sider' & if nothing better 'setting chockers' (Pushin beeds ).What I found was the crew did not relate to the Bush they might as well be in a factory it was just profitable' 'Weeds' as for as most saw it they had little idea of the wild stuff ide struggeled 10 or 12 day's to travel though. Bears, Moose, drowning just potential hazards I took on . So I saw the wilds in a very different light and on balance ide sympathize with the tree hugger .I did, except once carry a Muzzleloader finding my old double ex flint16 bore the best suited with enough shot to harvest Spruce grouse in the right & a ball in the left in case Brer Bear thought ide help his fat build up .I'me no John Muire of 'travels in Alaska' fame But I can relate to' the Bush '.
Regard's Rudyard

Thanks Rudyard, we obviously have a different perspective towards what you term "Tree Huggers", as for me I've no problem with those who are concerned about preservation of our wilderness (as did one Teddy Roosevelt) but I do draw the line against a "butt ugly, loud mouthed Leftard Woke woman with body piercings and rainbow colored Hair" demanding whatever.

oldschoolhunter55 · Saturday at 12:20 PM

Coinneach said:
Sure did, try to lay still and ignore the agony as the Bear rips you to shredded meat ?
No thanks, can anyone recommend a 40mm rifle with a 100 round magazine ?

I would panic ain't going lie about it. I probably would shoot but then my legs would go into gear.yep probably would trip and fall too.i would probably get ate and I know I would scream end of story

Coinneach · 2024-11-26T05:46:11-0500

oldschoolhunter55 said:
I would panic ain't going lie about it. I probably would shoot but then my legs would go into gear.yep probably would trip and fall too.i would probably get ate and I know I would scream end of story

You and I both

ChuckJonesWagon · 2024-11-26T06:13:05-0500

Piquant said:
I can skin a grizzly as fast as you can catch em.

The Grizzly can do the same.

longcruise · 2024-11-26T16:39:19-0500

Well!! Good that this topic came up. Surely clears the air and clarifies all the do's and don'ts of how to deal with an angry griz. But, what about snakes

? How do we deal with them ?

Enfield58 · 2024-11-26T18:06:14-0500

longcruise said:
Well!! Good that this topic came up. Surely clears the air and clarifies all the do's and don'ts of how to deal with an angry griz. But, what about snakes ? How do we deal with them ?

Do you mean like these?

Or this one?

waksupi · 2024-11-26T18:23:20-0500

longcruise said:
Well!! Good that this topic came up. Surely clears the air and clarifies all the do's and don'ts of how to deal with an angry griz. But, what about snakes ? How do we deal with them ?

If I'm not going to eat them, I just go around them. They are just out there making a living, no need to harm them. Killing them just because they are a snake is kind of low-down. I wear buckskin halfbreed leggins when I'm in rattlesnake areas, I'm too deaf to hear them.

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