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Originally Posted by Strange Famous
Ive actually watched some video's on Youtube where bears have charged people and then turned and fled when a hand gun was fired at them. Obviously the bear instinctively fears the gunshot and knows it can spell death.
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Bears fear loud noises. They're unusual, and always mean something bad - lightening, falling trees or rocks, floods, etc. It doesn't have anything to do with the gun, a black bear can be chased off with loud clapping & whistles (I've actually done this) - unless they've been highly socialized.
The difference is when the bear actually feels it has something to gain from mauling you - defending cubs or pushing you off a kill (or say a salmon stream). Once it makes up it's mind that it's going to kill you, you need something big enough to stop the bear, because it isn't going to stop unless you make it.