3:08 AM after the first sighting that morning, might have been a good time to slip into the Alaskan chest rig holding your Ruger New Model Super Blackhawk .44 Magnum revolver, stoked with 300 grain cast lead ammo. Could have been a problem solver.
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Or slip out of your tent and into the nearest Motel 6.
Who said you could insert logic into this thread and ruin it?
She was pretty hot for 65.
Bad damn deal.
Don’t camp in bear country without something that would be fatal to bears. Bear spray ain’t that.
My bear spray of choice is made by Mossberg.
We used to camp in a national forest campground in Colorado that regularly had visits from bears, although not grizzly bears. We would go up in late August to take advantage of week's vacation in conjunction with the Labor Day weekend. When we would go up at that time, the only other "campers" in the campground would be hunters, and they would normally be further up in the mountains.
When we arrived one year, we had been informed that the bear(s) had been visiting the campground. A couple of days later, we were visiting with one of the hunters, and he told us that he was leaving within the hour and the other hunter that was there was leaving that day as well.
Since we didn't want to be the "designated hosts" for the bear(s), we went and found a cabin several miles away and just visited the campgrounds during the day. Cabins are much better than tents, and even in the cabin, we saw a bear making the rounds of the area checking trash receptacles.
I have friends that spent time in Alaska. They said that the Alaskans always recommend you only shoot 5 rounds of .44 Mag at the bear and save the last one for yourself.
We travel in Griz country a lot. Never seen one to date but I do follow a series on Ammoland.com about the effectiveness of bear spray vs the effectiveness of a firearm that dates back to the advent of bear spray.
The Bear Spray is only about 30% effective. Firearms are close to 100%.
.22 rimfire has taken down grizzly's as well as a host of calibers the native Alaskans use including milsurp .303 and .223 AR's. As always placement is key.
"on May 10, 1953. Bella Twin, a Cree Indian, and her partner, Dave Auger, were hunting small game south of Slave Lake, in Alberta, Canada. Twin was carrying her battered single-shot .22 when the two were approached by a gigantic grizzly.
It was reported to be about 30 feet away and moving toward them, and apparently Twin thought she and Auger were in danger. She fired and the bear dropped.
In the right hands the little cartridge can be deadly. According to Wikepedia: “Because a .22 LR bullet is less powerful than larger cartridges, its danger to humans is often underestimated. In fact, a .22 LR bullet is easily capable of killing or injuring humans. Even after flying 400 yards (370 m), a .22 bullet is still traveling about 500 feet/second.”
Every big game animal in the United States has been killed with a .22. On March 8, a female elephant, aged between seven and 10 years old, was found dead near a creek in Kaeng Krachan National Park, Thailand. The elephant had several wounds, including four bullet holes in its hide.
Bella Twin’s bear rifle was a .22 caliber single shot Cooey Ace 1. It had been used hard on her trapline.
Tests later revealed that the elephant was killed by a CZ .22 LR rifle. (Elephant killing probe heats up, Bangkok Post, March 26, 2013, by TERRY FREDRICKSON)
I've carried the .44 mag super redhawk in a chest rig on hikes but it's way too heavy and uncomfortable in that rig, plus I'm limited to 6 shots.
The 10mm is now standard issue for Alaskan game wardens as the caliber of choice to stop human and wild game so that's what I've chosen to carry now with 16 rounds on a full load and a spare 15 round mag accessible loaded with Underwood hard cast ammo.
The Bear Spray is only about 30% effective. Firearms are close to 100%.
.22 rimfire has taken down grizzly's as well as a host of calibers the native Alaskans use including milsurp .303 and .223 AR's. As always placement is key.
"on May 10, 1953. Bella Twin, a Cree Indian, and her partner, Dave Auger, were hunting small game south of Slave Lake, in Alberta, Canada. Twin was carrying her battered single-shot .22 when the two were approached by a gigantic grizzly.
It was reported to be about 30 feet away and moving toward them, and apparently Twin thought she and Auger were in danger. She fired and the bear dropped.
In the right hands the little cartridge can be deadly. According to Wikepedia: “Because a .22 LR bullet is less powerful than larger cartridges, its danger to humans is often underestimated. In fact, a .22 LR bullet is easily capable of killing or injuring humans. Even after flying 400 yards (370 m), a .22 bullet is still traveling about 500 feet/second.”
Every big game animal in the United States has been killed with a .22. On March 8, a female elephant, aged between seven and 10 years old, was found dead near a creek in Kaeng Krachan National Park, Thailand. The elephant had several wounds, including four bullet holes in its hide.
Bella Twin’s bear rifle was a .22 caliber single shot Cooey Ace 1. It had been used hard on her trapline.
Tests later revealed that the elephant was killed by a CZ .22 LR rifle. (Elephant killing probe heats up, Bangkok Post, March 26, 2013, by TERRY FREDRICKSON)
I've carried the .44 mag super redhawk in a chest rig on hikes but it's way too heavy and uncomfortable in that rig, plus I'm limited to 6 shots.
The 10mm is now standard issue for Alaskan game wardens as the caliber of choice to stop human and wild game so that's what I've chosen to carry now with 16 rounds on a full load and a spare 15 round mag accessible loaded with Underwood hard cast ammo.
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