Bear bullet?

[skeet]

The bear encounters I know of personally were all at chewing range..and they were doing so. One was killed with a very lucky one in a thousand shot with an arrow and one with the 3rd shot from a 41 mag..the last with the 3rd shot from a 44 mag. All the chew'ies survived..the chew'ers did not. but we did have a hiker killed not far from the site of the 41 mag killed chew'er this summer. He was unarmed except for bells and pepper spray. Neither worked of course. I know quite a few hikers that carry a handgun in grizz country. Most carry in their backpack?? It's a PITA to carry a handgun..but when ya really need it...it's in your backpack?? Don't make a lick of sense to me

[Mr. 16 gauge]

He was unarmed except for bells and pepper spray. Neither worked of course.

Reminds me of that old joke: How do you tell the difference between black bear scat and grizzly bear scat? Black bear scat is usually smaller and filled with the remains of berries and such.....grizzly scat contains fragments of clothing and bells and smells like pepper!

I had an interesting experience while in Glacier NP a few years back. We were on a boat ride one on of the lakes, and while in the middle of the lake we had a good view of the sides....folks were hiking with their bells and some had pepper spray (joggers had tied 'em to their laces.....made me laugh when I saw it; reminded me of those doohickies that you put on baby shoes to keep 'em from coming untied). The trail wound around the lake, close to the shore, and about 100 yards up from the trail (in what I assume was a berry patch) was a large silvertip grizzly. He was oblivious to the hikers below, and they (hikers) had NO idea that he was even up there.....but he sure as heck wasn't runnin' from no 'bells'.
Here endeth the lesson.........................