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Re: Charging grizzly vs shotgun

Unread postby Edcyclopedia » Fri May 03, 2019 8:17 am

I've heard a bear can run 35 mph.

I believe if I were chased I could run 36 mph or bring along a friend that runs 34...
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Re: Charging grizzly vs shotgun

Unread postby HunterBob » Fri May 03, 2019 8:28 am

Wow, reminds me not to mess with mama bear!
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Re: Charging grizzly vs shotgun

Unread postby Sailfish_WC » Fri May 03, 2019 9:00 am

I might want a diff dog.

Maybe a pet Wolverine instead.
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Re: Charging grizzly vs shotgun

Unread postby muddy » Fri May 03, 2019 2:14 pm

Sorry, after an attempt, or 2, at spooking it off no way I'd walk out in the yard. That's just asking for trouble.
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:shock:
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Re: Charging grizzly vs shotgun

Unread postby Jackson Marsh » Fri May 03, 2019 3:28 pm

Yikes.
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Re: Charging grizzly vs shotgun

Unread postby greenhorndave » Fri May 03, 2019 4:05 pm

muddy wrote:Sorry, after an attempt, or 2, at spooking it off no way I'd walk out in the yard. That's just asking for trouble.

This ^

Charging a mama bear seems like an invitation to get charged by a mama bear.
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Re: Charging grizzly vs shotgun

Unread postby Dewey » Fri May 03, 2019 5:04 pm

The guy is lucky to be alive. As fast as that bear was moving if he missed that shot it was all over. :o
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Re: Charging grizzly vs shotgun

Unread postby Edcyclopedia » Fri May 03, 2019 11:41 pm

muddy wrote:Sorry, after an attempt, or 2, at spooking it off no way I'd walk out in the yard. That's just asking for trouble.


Cuz you run 34 mph? :lol:
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Re: Charging grizzly vs shotgun

Unread postby KRONIIK » Sun May 05, 2019 6:10 am

Birdshot, I'm guessing.

Looks like he blew part of her face to feathers, and maybe damaged the lower jaw by the way she held it open after spinning around.

He's lucky she didn't get ahold of him by chance after taking the hit; she still had plenty of fight left but was probably mostly blind by then.

Easy to be critical, but he should have let her get right up to the muzzle before pasting her, dead center to the face.
That would have been hard to do, but would have been his only prayer of busting through her skull plate and terminally braining her with the shot column.

(Again, assuming he really was stupid enough to go out there armed only with birdshot.)
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Re: Charging grizzly vs shotgun

Unread postby NYBackcountry » Sun May 05, 2019 7:38 am

Watch after the bear rolls and recovers, grabs his shoe that fell off and then just lets it go.
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Re: Charging grizzly vs shotgun

Unread postby ThePreBanMan » Mon May 06, 2019 1:27 am

Dude should never have been out there trying to irritate the mama bear so it would leave. Just leave nature be. In fact, enjoying it from a safe viewing distance would be even better. When it charged him he shouldn't have back peddled. He could have tripped and it would have been all over. He almost did. Once it charged the only option is to stand your ground and shoot to kill. Now there's a wounded mama bear roaming around pissed off because she's got a shoulder full of buckshot. Wonder how that will work out for the next human encounter... Assuming she doesn't succumb to the wound and is able to raise her cubs... All because the dude wanted to play cowboy.

Just a lot of stupidity here and no one wins.
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Re: Charging grizzly vs shotgun

Unread postby Mike Foss » Wed May 15, 2019 2:41 pm

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Re: Charging grizzly vs shotgun

Unread postby greenhorndave » Wed May 15, 2019 3:15 pm


:clap: I've seen a few videos like that. I'm not sure I'd stay as reserved as those guys, but what alternative is there?
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