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Originally Posted by Captain Vlad
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You can shoot a bear five times through the heart, and it will not slow. Read about Lewis and Clark's encounter with a grizzly. Three shots to the head and three to the heart, I believe it was, and it finally died after chasing them for half an hour!
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If a black powder musket doesn't kill a bear after shooting it FIVE TIMES through the head, do you really think a magnum is going to be much better? I mean, it's more powerful, but are you a good enough shot to get five consecutive shots on a charging GRIZZLY BEAR with a revolver? You're betting on an awful lot.
Oh, and can you name of any national parks that have huge fences preventing animals from coming and going as they please?
Also, a bear is slower than a mountain lion. Imagine having one of those fast beasts coming for you.
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Originally Posted by Captain Vlad
As for bear mace...I'd prefer not to wait until the grizzly was quite that close, sorry.
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Read up a little more about it. They don't have to be like three feet away from you. Not that it matters. If you're a good enough shot to get off a full magnum chamber into a charging and pissed-off bear's head, you can definitely use mace against it...
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Originally Posted by Captain Vlad
Your perception is that no one needs to carry a gun on a national park. There's been plenty of reasons listed as to why the reverse is closer to the truth.
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Why do you feel the need to carry a gun? Be worried about the people, not the animals. Bears and cougars and such generally avoid people, unless you trespass in their territory or act like an idiot and/or keep your food in the open.
Use your brain, and you have nothing to fear from the animals.