Recent grizzly attacks on Montana elk hunters

[memtb]

LOL.

You will not outrun the bear.

You are much better off standing your ground and trying to focus on getting as many bullets into the bear as possible.

I don't remember where I read this, maybe Outdoor Life or another magazine back in the day? When an animal is charging straight in on you, your shot angle can get messed up in a hurry. You're trying to shoot down at an angle to hit them. They are moving forward at full speed. You can actually miss the animal altogether pretty easily. The article said that it was better to drop down to one knee and shoot level with the charging animal. You increased your chances of hitting them by a lot.

You won't need to "drop", if it's a really big grizzly or if your really short! It may be best, if you went to a sitting position ..... much easier to "kiss your uh, butt goodbye! memtb

 

[skipglo]

LOL.

You will not outrun the bear.

You are much better off standing your ground and trying to focus on getting as many bullets into the bear as possible.

I don't remember where I read this, maybe Outdoor Life or another magazine back in the day? When an animal is charging straight in on you, your shot angle can get messed up in a hurry. You're trying to shoot down at an angle to hit them. They are moving forward at full speed. You can actually miss the animal altogether pretty easily. The article said that it was better to drop down to one knee and shoot level with the charging animal. You increased your chances of hitting them by a lot.

That's one way...the other is to aim at the tip of the nose , they charge with their heads lowered...if you are high you are hitting spine, on target center of head, and low..chest.Keep your feet so you can manoeuvre and shift accordingly

 

[Alex Wheeler]

Most of the bear attacks here happen so quickly the guy either doesnt have time to use his weapon or gets off one shot. If you cant quick draw and put the 1st round on target, Id choose another weapon. A big revolver is powerful but they take a lot of practice to master. Id take the gun you can use effectively over the more powerful revolver you cant hit with.

 

[Gater]

When hunting elk and black bear in Wyoming side arm was a .41mag

 

[Bull_Mtn]

I worked for an outfitter whose camp was in the Thorofare in NW Wyoming. This was in the late 1950's. Grizzlies were regularly hunted and there were plenty of them in this part of Wyoming. The grizzlies would break into camps if they were unattended. However, it was rare to have a grizzly attack a human. When it did happen it was usually a sow with cubs. We would occasionally see a grizzly while hunting, and when we did it was running AWAY at full speed. The bears were being hunted and had a healthy fear of humans. Unfortunately many of today's grizzlies associate humans with food and it will take years of limited grizzly hunting for this to change.

 

[DavidleeCole]

If it is a question on what I would carry it would be a 9 shoot pump mossberg 500 defender with 2 3/4" 1oz slugs. Seams like a bit heavy to carry around but with the accuracy of the system and ease or operation under pressure seems like a good choice to have on hand. However a good semiautomatic handgun strapped to your side for imimmedia use at all times is clearly important also.

 

[mdvctry]

There's a story from 2018 about a hunter on JBER in Anchorage who shot a grizzly, that charged him, with his Glock 10mm. Drawing his Glock from a thigh rig holster, he hit the bear twice, once in the chest and once in the head. The bear dropped approximately 10' feet from him and his partner. He was using 200gr HSN Lead RNFP bear loads. If I recall correctly grizzly weighed 600-700 lbs.

 

[Frog4aday]

Nope. Not possible. I've just read 10 pages of thread telling me how lame and inadequate the 10mm in a semi-auto is, so this can't possibly be true.

 

[idcwby]

Probably hard to shoot accurately over your shoulder....while running away!

That's why you need to make sure your buddy is slower than you.

So be cautious when someone invites you to go hunting in grizzly country.

idcwby

 

[memtb]

That's why you need to make sure your buddy is slower than you.

So be cautious when someone invites you to go hunting in grizzly country.

idcwby

That's the reason you should hunt wearing running shoes and hunt with overweight partners! memtb

 

[bigngreen]

Nope. Not possible. I've just read 10 pages of thread telling me how lame and inadequate the 10mm in a semi-auto is, so this can't possibly be true.

One of the guys in he forum in AK has a story of a friend near his house who put a full cylinder of 454 up through a bear as he had his head in his mouth and the bear just walking of! He has a pile of stories like that!!

 

[epoletna]

His Glock must be different than mine then. I can hand mine to someone who has no idea what to do with a gun and say, "point the end with the hole in it at your target, pull the trigger and keep pulling it until it doesn't go bang anymore" and they will have a fighting level of success LOL.

How does someone not even understand the basic principle of how a pistol works?

They're from California?

 

[Almondgrower]

We as hunters and outdoor enthusiasts need to know our surroundings! Watch for bear scat so you know what you are up against . Black bear scat has twigs & berries in it , grizzly scat has bits of hunter orange , Levi's & gortex in it so that you can be ready. I do carry a 1911 cocked and locked simply because of the capacity I gain loaded with hot RELIABLE hand loads . I defiantly like the energy and penetration of the big wheel guns but I'm not to that point yet as far as my practice time Incase it's needed . My favorite is a 9 round simi auto short 12ga loaded with 3" slugs however that's not very practical in the bush and while hunting but if I go back the next day to finish a pack out that's what I take . Let's face it , unless you hit the bear in the brain or spine , it needs to be one of the bigger heavy thumpers to change the bears mind and make it go the other way , it could take several minutes before the bear dies even if the heart and lungs are taken out . A grizzly can do a lot of damage in that time ....

 

[skipglo]

That's why you need to make sure your buddy is slower than you.

So be cautious when someone invites you to go hunting in grizzly country.

idcwby

Absolutely....lol and he doesn't have to be slower.....if you trip him while he's trying to pass you!