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<blockquote data-quote="MontanaRifleman" data-source="post: 1061826" data-attributes="member: 11717"><p>Wildrose, with all due respect, you have no idea how many shots you might get into a bear. You might be able to empty your clip or you might be smelling the bad breath of a bear while you're trying to reach for your side arm. I have had at least a half dozen experiences where if the bear decided to charge and attack me, I would have been at its mercy. I will add to that that I don't believe you have ever actually seen a bear in full out sprint. I have once and it is an incredible sight. It was just a dark brown blur going through the brush and snapping 3" dead branches like twigs. Fortunately it was going away form me and not toward me. I had a 60 lb pack on my back and had been trekking for about 3 hours in the mountains in very warm weather.</p><p></p><p>I don't know what video you were watching, but the one I posted, the guy had the spray can in his right hand and removed the safety tag with his right thumb and squeezed the trigger with his right finger. all one hand.</p><p></p><p>I appreciate you having my back, and as long as the bear isn't in close proximity to me, blast away with all you got. But if that bear gets on top of me, wait it out or run up to it and stick the muzzle in its ear. Very few attacks result in a fatality.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MontanaRifleman, post: 1061826, member: 11717"] Wildrose, with all due respect, you have no idea how many shots you might get into a bear. You might be able to empty your clip or you might be smelling the bad breath of a bear while you're trying to reach for your side arm. I have had at least a half dozen experiences where if the bear decided to charge and attack me, I would have been at its mercy. I will add to that that I don't believe you have ever actually seen a bear in full out sprint. I have once and it is an incredible sight. It was just a dark brown blur going through the brush and snapping 3" dead branches like twigs. Fortunately it was going away form me and not toward me. I had a 60 lb pack on my back and had been trekking for about 3 hours in the mountains in very warm weather. I don't know what video you were watching, but the one I posted, the guy had the spray can in his right hand and removed the safety tag with his right thumb and squeezed the trigger with his right finger. all one hand. I appreciate you having my back, and as long as the bear isn't in close proximity to me, blast away with all you got. But if that bear gets on top of me, wait it out or run up to it and stick the muzzle in its ear. Very few attacks result in a fatality. [/QUOTE]
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