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Originally posted by chuck375:
I've heard from a few Alaskan brown bear guides that they've gone to Glock 20s for sidearms. Good gun.

Only those who can't shoot well enough with a 9mm

Oh no you didn't go there Phil! lol

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Originally posted by 458Win:

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Originally posted by chuck375:
I've heard from a few Alaskan brown bear guides that they've gone to Glock 20s for sidearms. Good gun.

Only those who can't shoot well enough with a 9mm

One doesn't even have to be a guide to use a 9mm on bears.

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But then the bear turned, looked up at Brenner and lunged, said Lewis, who interviewed the three men Saturday.

Brenner fired twice at the center of the hulking shape closing to four or five feet away. The sow, estimated at 400 to 450 pounds, went down. Brenner then put three more bullets into her head.

He used a 9 mm semiautomatic pistol. Lewis said such a low-caliber gun ordinarily doesn’t pack enough punch to kill a bear. But Brenner loaded the pistol with full-metal-jacket bullets that penetrated to the bear’s vital organs, he said

But you do need to be able to shoot well under pressure. I shoot way better with my rifle, even snap shooting, but having a pistol you're good with on you beats the hell out of looking for a stick!

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Originally posted by chuck375:
But you do need to be able to shoot well under pressure. I shoot way better with my rifle, even snap shooting, but having a pistol you're good with on you beats the hell out of looking for a stick!

Btw more cuddly polar bears invading a Russian town ...

Just waiting for a hug for you Chuck.

lol! I need a hug!

That momma bear looks like she could give you a big bear hug.

Yet another cuddly Polar bear Mom with two cubs

nice looking bear

I don't trust any bear - regardless of size or colour! Spring bear hunt only a month away. I can't legally tote a rifle pre-opening day, May 1st, when baiting, but I can a big axe!

Bob
www.bigbores.ca

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Originally posted by .458 Only:
I don't trust any bear - regardless of size or colour! Spring bear hunt only a month away. I can't legally tote a rifle pre-opening day, May 1st, when baiting, but I can a big axe!

Bob
www.bigbores.ca

This would be a better choice then a axe.

https://www.amazon.com/Cold-St...Sheath/dp/B004N0KVTS

Much better stand off distance

Or ...

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Originally posted by chuck375:
Here's a picture (1980 vintage) of a Russian soldier giving canned milk to a mama Polar bear with her cubs in tow.

It could be that she was habituated to men in a remote station. Maybe they were feeding her.

My lad Tom would often talk to the camp elephants and I am sure he could have fed them by hand.

Or there was a lot of vodka involved ... I think yo're right though this can't be the first time he fed her. The cubs feel very safe.

On a more serious note ...

https://www.biologicaldiversit...bear-06-18-2014.html

There valued reasons that removed them from many areas.

I wish there were some of these bears left. Give me a reason to book a Kodiak brown bear hunt in Olga bay. It's on my bucket list. That's not a Daisy BB rifle either!

A polar bear charging in the snow on a sunny day would be a difficult shot. My go to gun would still be my 4570 double with iron sights.

Sounds like a great choice.

Well if I ever have a spare $50K lying around so I can go after a white bear I will be taking my Win Mod 70 CRF version in .458 Win Mag. Don't need anything that big usually, but it does hit like a freight train and ends things quickly.

If I'm going after bears that big, I think I'm bringing my 500 Jeffery!

Pet bear on my deck...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOnuMK1dZwI

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Pet bear on my deck...

I had two bears come through the yard this spring.

The decided to leave fast.

I had the deck replaced with a Trek deck no stairs. The UV had essentially destroyed my redwood deck, my insurance company said I had to replace it lol. Anyway no more bears on the deck.

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Pet bear on my deck...

I had two bears come through the yard this spring.

That's about our daily count.

x2 Frostbit...we have bears in the yard almost every day at some point.

I hope you enjoy them.

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Originally posted by chuck375:
Pet bear on my deck...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOnuMK1dZwI

Our feeders are always down by the end of March. A habituated bear here is as good as dead.

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I hope you enjoy them.

We most certainly do. After 45 years of guiding for them, it is always nice to see them, just as we enjoy the moose and deer that wander through our place. What we don't enjoy most of the time is people, as they are the most likely to cause problems.

Seeing wild life is always interesting.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/-iTYDdmp_i4

This is one tough son of a bitch!

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https://www.youtube.com/shorts/-iTYDdmp_i4

This is one tough son of a bitch!

And one very fortunate SOB. I'm glad he survived and hope he's on the road to recovery.

Me too!

My brother and I interviewed Todd at the 2018 SHOT show.

Here the link to the interview. Todd is on the left my brother is on the right.

https://www.ammoland.com/2018/...viewed-at-shot-show/

Back to the original topic...

Mighta posted this before.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x70d3Uw6Nxs&t=4s

I love it.

Pet bear on my deck eating out our bird feeder. One night I was looking through my telescope on the deck and I heard him coming up the stairs. He's not a real pretty black one, but he's pretty big for a Colorado bear. He's not standing, he's sitting on his haunches. Deck was falling apart so I had it replaced with steel and Trex, no stairs!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOnuMK1dZwI