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<blockquote data-quote="Rick Richard" data-source="post: 1045892" data-attributes="member: 75895"><p>ATH post;<em> "With all due respect, I seriously question the wisdom of recommendations to shoot buckshot at a charging bear. Really, what are the odds of actually hitting an eye with one of the small number of pellets in the shell? Has anyone heard of a bear injured in such a way actually breaking off the charge or otherwise giving extra time for follow-up shots?".</em></p><p> </p><p>Last season we had a Grizzly attack us and the guide shot him with some bird shot and turned the bear from further advancing on his charge. So, shotguns with pellets can deter a charging bear.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rick Richard, post: 1045892, member: 75895"] ATH post;[I] "With all due respect, I seriously question the wisdom of recommendations to shoot buckshot at a charging bear. Really, what are the odds of actually hitting an eye with one of the small number of pellets in the shell? Has anyone heard of a bear injured in such a way actually breaking off the charge or otherwise giving extra time for follow-up shots?".[/I] Last season we had a Grizzly attack us and the guide shot him with some bird shot and turned the bear from further advancing on his charge. So, shotguns with pellets can deter a charging bear. [/QUOTE]
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