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  • barretcreek
    Senior Member
    • Sep 2013
    • 6065

    #1

    How typical

    Hiker who was attacked by a grizzly in Yellowstone has died in the hospital.

    Park Service personnel in a group went to investigate the area were charged by the bear, which was shot at a range of approximately 20 yards.

    Their advice? Carry spray. Do as I say. Hiker may had had spray.
  • S.A. Boggs
    Senior Member
    • Aug 2009
    • 8568

    #2
    .44 Magnum easier to pack IMHO.
    Sam

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    • lyman
      Administrator - OFC
      • Aug 2009
      • 11268

      #3
      Originally posted by S.A. Boggs
      .44 Magnum easier to pack IMHO.
      Sam
      come on man!

      you know you are supposed to carry a small 25auto,


      easy to carry, and you use it to shoot your hiking partner in the knee , so they can't outrun the bear,

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      • togor
        Banned
        • Nov 2009
        • 17610

        #4
        Back in the 80's, with friends, enjoying that stretch where hot springs feed into the Gardiner river at the north end of the park. A grizzly was nearby, as was a ranger with a .44. Bear eventually went its own way, but yeah, "who's between me and the bear?" is definitely a thing.

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        • Roadkingtrax
          Senior Member
          • Feb 2010
          • 7835

          #5
          Originally posted by S.A. Boggs
          .44 Magnum easier to pack IMHO.
          Sam
          Please pleae please shoot a grizzly at Yellowstone.
          "The first gun that was fired at Fort Sumter sounded the death-knell of slavery. They who fired it were the greatest practical abolitionists this nation has produced." ~BG D. Ullman

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          • Karon
            Junior Member
            • Dec 2018
            • 18

            #6
            .44 does the job effectively. One on the throat would cool it down.

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            • Major Tom
              Very Senior Member - OFC
              • Aug 2009
              • 6181

              #7
              Originally posted by Roadkingtrax
              Please pleae please shoot a grizzly at Yellowstone.
              Just where the hell is your mind to come up with stupid sh!t like this?

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              • lyman
                Administrator - OFC
                • Aug 2009
                • 11268

                #8
                Originally posted by Major Tom
                Just where the hell is your mind to come up with stupid sh!t like this?
                from the post he quoted

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                • JB White
                  Senior Member
                  • Aug 2009
                  • 13371

                  #9
                  Originally posted by Roadkingtrax
                  Please pleae please shoot a grizzly at Yellowstone.
                  Used to be you had an opposing viewpoint. Used to be i could see where you were coming from even though i often had to reach for it. Nowadays your postings just get more and more assinine than the previous.
                  Have to wonder if you have problems elsewhere in life. Seriously. I almost want to pity you, but that's not happening. It has come down to disrespect.
                  Be proud of that if you so choose. Ater all you earned it.
                  2016 Chicago Cubs. MLB Champions!


                  **Never quite as old as the other old farts**

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                  • BudT
                    Senior Member
                    • Aug 2009
                    • 2508

                    #10
                    Bear spray=food seasoning, big gun=fatal leaditious.
                    I DDUW BO'R DIOLCH

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                    • dryheat
                      Senior Member
                      • Sep 2009
                      • 10587

                      #11
                      Those are million dollar bears.
                      If I should die before I wake...great,a little more sleep.

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                      • togor
                        Banned
                        • Nov 2009
                        • 17610

                        #12
                        Their heads are low when they're charging so the idea with spray is put it low so it bounces up and they run into the pattern. Does it work? I hope I don't ever have to find out!

                        But I'd trust to spray on a charging bear sooner than a double action .44

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                        • togor
                          Banned
                          • Nov 2009
                          • 17610

                          #13
                          Good vid, practical no-nonsense info.

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                          • S.A. Boggs
                            Senior Member
                            • Aug 2009
                            • 8568

                            #14
                            Originally posted by togor
                            Their heads are low when they're charging so the idea with spray is put it low so it bounces up and they run into the pattern. Does it work? I hope I don't ever have to find out!

                            But I'd trust to spray on a charging bear sooner than a double action .44
                            How about trying out the spray and giving us a report.
                            Sam

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                            • fguffey
                              Senior Member
                              • May 2012
                              • 684

                              #15
                              How about trying out the spray and giving us a report.
                              There was a man that traveled with President Teddy Roosevelt named Abernathy that carried on demonstrations on dealing with Wildlife in the wild. In one demonstration he fought a wolf bare handed. To most observers the routine looked doable until they were turned loose on the wolf. After that they were hollering for someone to get the wolf off of them.

                              I have had dogs that wanted to chew on people, me included so I tried the Abernathy method, about that; I will tell you he who hesitates is bit. It was about that time I was told I owned an Alabama leg dog. I sent the dog and my wife to obedience school. On the day of graduation I attended' it was about then the instructor informed me both of them failed. He did make me feel good about the dog, he said in all of his life he had never seen a dog like that one. And I wondered if the dog was responsible for her low score. I still laugh about the times she regretted taking both of us with her.

                              F. Guffey
                              Last edited by fguffey; 06-03-2021, 08:16.

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