Bear Spray More Effective than Guns..
03-28-2008, 03:38 PM
#51
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Aug 2005
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RE: Bear Spray More Effective than Guns..
That is wild! The momentum that animal had would take them right into the shooter in this instance.I don't know enough about the effectiveness of pepper spray,would it disable an animal quickly enough.How do you stop a freight train like that?
I give the shooter a lot of credit for getting it done under those circumstances!! I would hope that I would be able to have the presence of mind.That is not a shot you can practice!
I give the shooter a lot of credit for getting it done under those circumstances!! I would hope that I would be able to have the presence of mind.That is not a shot you can practice!
03-28-2008, 04:03 PM
#52
Site Bouncer
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Illinois
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RE: Bear Spray More Effective than Guns..
ORIGINAL: tsoc
That is wild! The momentum that animal had would take them right into the shooter in this instance.I don't know enough about the effectiveness of pepper spray,would it disable an animal quickly enough.How do you stop a freight train like that?
I give the shooter a lot of credit for getting it done under those circumstances!! I would hope that I would be able to have the presence of mind.That is not a shot you can practice!
That is wild! The momentum that animal had would take them right into the shooter in this instance.I don't know enough about the effectiveness of pepper spray,would it disable an animal quickly enough.How do you stop a freight train like that?
I give the shooter a lot of credit for getting it done under those circumstances!! I would hope that I would be able to have the presence of mind.That is not a shot you can practice!
I think the bear spray could have worked to detour that bear......operative wordsbeing "think" and "could". Would I have been willing to bet my life on it? Nope, especially with that wind and rain....who knows how the spray would have performed....pretty obvious how the gun did.
Notice the guide also was packing a pretty big revolver on his hip....Yep that would be me....And to quote my favorite line of this thread by Matt / PA
Not fun carrying a large caliber handgun around everywhere but it's not fun being dead either I guess.
03-28-2008, 04:43 PM
#54
Typical Buck
Join Date: Aug 2007
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RE: Bear Spray More Effective than Guns..
Nobody ever going to convince me pepper spray would be more effective than a gun fending off a charging Griz. I'd take my chances with the hardware. Eastern black bears are the most docile creatures in the woods around here. Amazing considering their strength and speed. Scared silly of humans. I've had several encountersover the last 20 years. Had one try to climb my tree, ran across one over a deer gut pile, had one shadow me (trying to figure out what I was I recon), came across a mother and cubs, and in every instance, yelling made each and every one bolt for cover. Lost count how many time I've smelled them. I carry a gun for coyotes. Their "yipping" at dark thirty makes me uneasy. Especially dragging a deer.
03-28-2008, 05:57 PM
#55
Fork Horn
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: North Central NE
Posts: 167
RE: Bear Spray More Effective than Guns..
deer attack people too you know, do they make a spray for that? I would take a gun over spray on a deer any day. as for the bear, you would never catch me 2 yards from one sprayin him with pepper spray, hed be dead within 10 yards. if i was goin into the bear woods, id do it with a big big gun, i ain't gunna take any chances with the spray.
