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Originally Posted by daswig
Better file down the front sight, so when the bear shoves it up your ass, it'll hurt less...
Anybody, ANYBODY, is absolutely NUTS to take on a bear with a handgun OF ANY CALIBER unless that's your absolute LAST resort. It should only be your last resort if the firing pin in your large-caliber rifle suddenly broke, or something similar happened.
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Bear are taken every year with handguns. Rarely are they taken during a charge. I always figured that the greatest danger in the woods was a human, followed closely by a moose. Neither can be trusted. Bears seem to be slightly curious until they realize what you are, they they shit and get. I have been lucky and not put one is a corner or spook it to where it decided its only option was to fight.
I have never had to pull my weapon on an animal, I have had to "let it be known" that I was armed to a human in order to avoid excalation of trouble.
My current goal is to get a 12GA pump to mount on my wheeler for trips to the bush.