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<blockquote data-quote="D.Camilleri" data-source="post: 1238569" data-attributes="member: 2567"><p>I just got back from an elk hunt in grizzly country. Fortunately, I didn't have any run ins. I did however come across a camp located high on the mountain and my partner was telling me about minute old grizzly bear scat steaming in the snow several years ago near this location, when we approached the camp and asked about their hunting success, we asked if they had seen any bear activity. We were told to look at the fly on the wall tent where a grizzly had made his mark the day before. Then they told us about a hunter who had killed a sow and cub last year in self defense in the same area. These guys don't rely on pepper spray! I hiked over 12 miles that day with a 15lb pack, a 15 lb rifle and a 6lb 454 cassul in a cross draw alaskan holster. The extra weight wore on me, but my first reaction would have been to point and shoot in the event of a bear encounter that looked aggressive. I am not a fast shot by any stretch of the imagination, but I can hit 8 inch steel plates at 15 yards with very good accuracy in about 2 second intervals with my ported 454. Last year when a coyote crossed the road in front of me while traveling in the snow on my tracked atv, I doubted I had enough time to un -case my 22-250 rifle, so I shot the coyote at about 40 yards with my 454. I missed my first shot high, and center punched him with the second putting his lights out. I don't fire my 454 double action, I am much more accurate cocking and firing single action and that is how I shoot.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="D.Camilleri, post: 1238569, member: 2567"] I just got back from an elk hunt in grizzly country. Fortunately, I didn't have any run ins. I did however come across a camp located high on the mountain and my partner was telling me about minute old grizzly bear scat steaming in the snow several years ago near this location, when we approached the camp and asked about their hunting success, we asked if they had seen any bear activity. We were told to look at the fly on the wall tent where a grizzly had made his mark the day before. Then they told us about a hunter who had killed a sow and cub last year in self defense in the same area. These guys don't rely on pepper spray! I hiked over 12 miles that day with a 15lb pack, a 15 lb rifle and a 6lb 454 cassul in a cross draw alaskan holster. The extra weight wore on me, but my first reaction would have been to point and shoot in the event of a bear encounter that looked aggressive. I am not a fast shot by any stretch of the imagination, but I can hit 8 inch steel plates at 15 yards with very good accuracy in about 2 second intervals with my ported 454. Last year when a coyote crossed the road in front of me while traveling in the snow on my tracked atv, I doubted I had enough time to un -case my 22-250 rifle, so I shot the coyote at about 40 yards with my 454. I missed my first shot high, and center punched him with the second putting his lights out. I don't fire my 454 double action, I am much more accurate cocking and firing single action and that is how I shoot. [/QUOTE]
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