BEAR!!!!!!!!!!
09-08-2008, 03:11 PM
#1
Fork Horn
Thread Starter
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 472
BEAR!!!!!!!!!!
I have notice here in wisconsin that there are a heck of a lot more bear around than years ago. So i was woundering if any of you guys bring handguns hunting just incase there is one of the rare cases that the bear atacks i know it dose not happen offten but atacks have happend before so do you guys bring handguns????
09-08-2008, 03:25 PM
#4
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Oct 1998
Location: Hughesville, PA USA
Posts: 18,322
RE: BEAR!!!!!!!!!!
Although legal, bears don't scare me. They are more scared of you than you should be of them.
This spring I had a bear popping it's jaws at me prior to light. I just stood my ground and talked to it and it moved off.
I usually see bears every season, they move on.
This spring I had a bear popping it's jaws at me prior to light. I just stood my ground and talked to it and it moved off.
I usually see bears every season, they move on.
09-08-2008, 03:35 PM
#5
Typical Buck
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Middleton, Wisconsin
Posts: 979
RE: BEAR!!!!!!!!!!
long story short....An old neighbor of mine (moved to montana) went out bow hunting and got atacked by a bear, but he had a handgun with him and ended up killing the bear,, end of story
09-08-2008, 05:08 PM
#8
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Winnipeg MB Canada
Posts: 1,094
RE: BEAR!!!!!!!!!!
Where I hunt its any weapon for bear season. BUT only one weapon. We don't have carry permits for handguns. I hunt with my bow and then head back to my truck and grab a 12ga with buckshot for tracking.
09-08-2008, 06:28 PM
#9
Typical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2006
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Posts: 885
RE: BEAR!!!!!!!!!!
If i were hunting in woods with alot of bears , i would be packing a handgun thats for sure.DAN- I real don't need my ass kicked by a over sized raccoon if you know what i mean
.And ROB if i was walking in the woods heading to my stand in the morn and i heard a bear poping it chops at me i would be so scared i wouldn't be able to move.Something about bears puts my hair up on end.
.And ROB if i was walking in the woods heading to my stand in the morn and i heard a bear poping it chops at me i would be so scared i wouldn't be able to move.Something about bears puts my hair up on end.
09-08-2008, 07:55 PM
#10
Fork Horn
Join Date: Apr 2006
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Posts: 338
RE: BEAR!!!!!!!!!!
the last 3 years I have been seeing moer and more Black Beears in CT woods and I have been considering it myself only due to the prima faca law We cannot legaly carry !!!!!!!!!!! it is up for vote so I hear Me persaonally it would make me feel more comfortable thankfully we can hunt coyotes almost year round so when I go out scouting I grab the shot gun and orange vest andsay I am hunting coyotes, but I pretty much carry it for safety reasons, and Yes I have shot 3 coyotes while scouting, and hoping not to see any bears. the ones I have seen have all gone the other way I just hope it stays that way, PS I put a bell on my sister while trout fishing the mt streams in mass and she has yet to see a bear