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<blockquote data-quote="Calvin45" data-source="post: 2776612" data-attributes="member: 109862"><p>My dad actually stopped a "charge" from rock throwing distance with his marlin 30-30 (and while that's not the most potent cartridge I will say, one could do worse - that flat nose bullet smacks harder than it should at those ranges and the short handy weapon is quick to wield and has some serious firepower and is reliable as all hell) </p><p></p><p>But this wasn't a beast in its prime…it was an emaciated sow…something was wrong with her, she should have been fat and getting settled in to hibernate and instead was skin and bones desperately searching the farmyard for something to eat…including his dog (didn't get the dog <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> ). Anyway the thing found it's way into a grain bin and was chowing down on the remnants that didn't get augered out and took a run at my dad when he showed up…had seen a bear, didn't know it was in the bin, at that point he was 71 but I guess his reflexes are still pretty dang fast cuz he stopped it before it covered the ground between them and even though it was obviously sick it could move fast enough to make one require a clean pair of underwear after such an encounter (I did not ask my father about his, don't worry <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🤣" title="Rolling on the floor laughing :rofl:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f923.png" data-shortname=":rofl:" />) </p><p></p><p>It was way more dangerous because of whatever was wrong with it and the fact that it was literally starving to death at this point…it had been seen with a cub earlier in the summer, but the cub disappeared sometime in august. </p><p></p><p>A merciful thing that it could be put out of its misery - starving/freezing to death at the onset of winter in Saskatchewan sounds like a very slow and miserable way to die. I'd much rather take the 30-30 as well. </p><p></p><p>And a good thing it was killed before somebody or their livestock got hurt or killed…it seems this bear was unable to hunt and pickings were getting slim, long past the season for berries and stuff when this happened…raiding farmyards is about the only move such a desperate creature has left then.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Calvin45, post: 2776612, member: 109862"] My dad actually stopped a “charge” from rock throwing distance with his marlin 30-30 (and while that’s not the most potent cartridge I will say, one could do worse - that flat nose bullet smacks harder than it should at those ranges and the short handy weapon is quick to wield and has some serious firepower and is reliable as all hell) But this wasn’t a beast in its prime…it was an emaciated sow…something was wrong with her, she should have been fat and getting settled in to hibernate and instead was skin and bones desperately searching the farmyard for something to eat…including his dog (didn’t get the dog :) ). Anyway the thing found it’s way into a grain bin and was chowing down on the remnants that didn’t get augered out and took a run at my dad when he showed up…had seen a bear, didn’t know it was in the bin, at that point he was 71 but I guess his reflexes are still pretty dang fast cuz he stopped it before it covered the ground between them and even though it was obviously sick it could move fast enough to make one require a clean pair of underwear after such an encounter (I did not ask my father about his, don’t worry 🤣) It was way more dangerous because of whatever was wrong with it and the fact that it was literally starving to death at this point…it had been seen with a cub earlier in the summer, but the cub disappeared sometime in august. A merciful thing that it could be put out of its misery - starving/freezing to death at the onset of winter in Saskatchewan sounds like a very slow and miserable way to die. I’d much rather take the 30-30 as well. And a good thing it was killed before somebody or their livestock got hurt or killed…it seems this bear was unable to hunt and pickings were getting slim, long past the season for berries and stuff when this happened…raiding farmyards is about the only move such a desperate creature has left then. [/QUOTE]
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