black bear defense

theres really no need to harm the bear. it just wants your picnic basket.
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Usually that may be true but not always... I have been told by a park ranger that some bears (I think it was brown bears) hunt at night and if they come into your camp at night you could be what they are looking for on the menu..

Im not promoting just shooting any bear that moves but dont kid yourself that you "CANT" be on the menu...
 
Hey . . . if all else fails . . . just try "grinnin' 'em down" . . . it worked for Davey Crockett and Dan'l Boone . . . . I actually saw it on a Walt Disney show on Sunday night when I was a kid . . . but I'm almost 60 and that was awhile back . . . . . :D
 
bacardisteve said:
Just thought about something as many have said carry bear spray but what about a taser. I could bring along my dept issued taser. I would think it would work well since tasers affect the muscles and bear have a lot of that. Just not sure if it would penetrate the hide.
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Read more: http://www.adn.com/2010/07/22/1378026/officers-taser-scares-off-bear.html#ixzz1b0ejN6a1


After the small black bear got into a fish fryer on the porch, Parker decided to try a novel approach to deconditioning the animal to people,
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"I thought, 'Here is a wonderful opportunity to give this a test,' " Parker said.
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I like the way this guy thinks.

An ordinary taser won't work, one of the more powerfull stungun type ones do, at least in this case. Keep in mind it was a small bear.
This happened fairly close to my house.


secret_agent_man said:
Bears should not be taken lightly.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/98537234@N00/7211343/#/
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This should have had a content warning on it. It's going to take a while to get that image out of my head. Relevant though. Reminds me why I don't go into the woods unarmed.

bacardisteve said:
Chuck Norris hunts bear with his fists
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That's a well known fact, there's even video of it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2XUgE6g7XU
 
I thought the gun was so you could shoot whoever is with you in the leg, so while the bear was eating them you could get away.

I always told my EX, I could run faster than she could.
 
Eagleks said:
I thought the gun was so you could shoot whoever is with you in the leg, so while the bear was eating them you could get away.

I always told my EX, I could run faster than she could.
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In reality this is terrible logic.

You should take someone who won't carry a gun, and spooks easily. When you encounter a bear hold your ground. The bear will always chase the one who runs from it.
 
Obviously some people have never been attacked by an overgrown raccoon..... Anything that can whip a pair of the meanest dogs in the county and dang near kill one in the river before we shot him with birdshot out of the ole .410. (dog liked it about as much as ole bando did) scares me just as much as the odds of running into a black bear in predatory mode.

On the OP, listen to Alaska.. he seems to be our resident bear expert!!!
 
Pepper spray and a firm yell!! That oversized hamster ain't gonna hurt u. If u really need to buy another pistola try a kimber 1911. That stuff with chuck Norris is hilarious. This thread is awesome.
 
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Obviously some people have never been attacked by an overgrown raccoon..... Anything that can whip a pair of the meanest dogs in the county and dang near kill one in the river before we shot him with birdshot out of the ole .410. (dog liked it about as much as ole bando did) scares me just as much as the odds of running into a black bear in predatory mode.

On the OP, listen to Alaska.. he seems to be our resident bear expert!!!
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Thank you for the compliment, but I ain't no expert, I am just more paranoid of bears than most. I suspect that comes from my first encounter with a black bear at the age of three outside of Fairbanks Alaska. A bear came into our camp with the sun still up at 2 am and decided to investigate our umbrella tent with our parents and us 4 kids. When the bears paw came down within a foot of my dad's head, he woke up and saw the outline of the bear.

He shouted as loud as he could which is when I obviously woke up. I still remember to this day the silhouette of the bear standing up on his hind legs sideways to us with his profile shadowing our tent. The bear did initially run off. My dad got up, tried to load his single shot .410 shotgun he had been using for rabbit hunting and pull up his pants at the same time. Despite that yelling and two families in the camp, the bear came back towards my dad. He wisely decided to shoot the gun in the air instead of just making the bear angry. Think of what the raccoon above thought of the .410 and then think of what a bear would do with that.

That ended the encounter, but it truly has stuck with me my entire life. Expert? NO. Paranoid, you bet'cha.
 
Alaska,

A brother-in-law of mine feels the same way about house cats. He was attacked by one when he was a kid, and won't go near one now as an adult...no matter how gentle and tame is might appear while someone else pets it.

I don't think I'm paranoid about any animal, including grey fox after having been scratched up by one. I try to show them proper respect, and keep a proper dose of lead handy with the proper form of injection.

:)

Daryl
 
Yes, isn't that the whole issue, having the proper amount of lead with the proper injection tool is that way to go, no matter how paranoid or comfortable you are with the bears.

BTW, I had a patient of mine years ago that came in two days after his house cat attacked him. The neighbors kid had shot him in the eye with a BB gun. He came running into the house relieving himself as he ran. He hid under a bed. The man angered by what he had to clean up reached under the bed to deal with the cat and that is when he came out and attacked him.

He had filleted open his right forearm and after two days, the infection caused it to swell to twice normal size. The cat then pounced on his thigh and bit him twice. WIthout modern antibiotics, these wounds would very likely proven fatal. So, just remember that the next time you are petting that pretty little kitty. LOL.
 
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