I’d like to know how many you all going where the bears are at?
my family in Alaska always had the first round be buckshot, the rest slugs. They said shoot it in the face, with buckshot, then the body with slugs if it’s still motivated. I’ve never wanted to find out if this is good advice.We will be taking a trip mid-June of this year to Montana. On the itinerary is travel to Glacier National Park and we will be staying on the Swan River near Bigfork. I have the four options available to me handgun-wise for hiking and other outdoor activities. Which would you choose? Personal bear encounter stories are welcome. I am NOT buying another gun for this trip, so please keep the “you should get a ____” out of any replies.
I also plan to take a Mossberg stuffed with 8-9 slugs for around the rental house, but I’m just mainly curious about ya’lls choice for a sidearm. Let’s hear what you have to say, and yeah, I realize this topic is beat to death already, but it’s fun to vote, right?
I’d like to know how many you all going where the bears are at?
Kind of like that idea. I’d wager that 2 legged animals are more dangerous than the other kind. Makes sense to have a 00 shell in the chamber for either. If that doesn’t end it, then slugs it is.my family in Alaska always had the first round be buckshot, the rest slugs. The said shoot it in the face, with buckshot, then the body with slugs if it’s still motivated. I’ve never wanted to find out if this is good advice.
This is from our camping trip a couple years ago in Northern Idaho.I’d like to know how many you all going where the bears are at?
5 minimum, possibly 8 max persons going. So, myself, my wife, 2 teen girls, possibly my oldest and her husband and maybe 2 teen boyfriends. Not saying I’m the best there is, but of the bunch it will fall to me for any protection from bears or humans. As far as I know ALL have fired a gun before and my two oldest daughters have both killed deer with a rifle. Other than that, level of experience is either nil or unknown.