[marktwain]

There may be political reasons why the person with the .44 handgun was not willing to shoot the bear; or maybe the person shooting the .44 handgun simply missed. There is no indication the bear was injured.

Need more range time....................

There has been enormous pressure not to shoot problem bears, especially polar bears.

In fact, most of the polar bear populations have either grown or have stabilized. The idea polar bears were endangered has been a "climate change" myth, now shown to be false.

Polar bears were overhunted, but they were never in danger of extinction. When the hunting was stopped in 1976, the population has rebounded, just as you would predict.

[Red Badger]

That is exactly why we, in Florida, are up to our ears in Black Bears.

While we have limited bear hunting now, only so many tags are sold each season, decades of ‘no bear killing at all allowed’, cause the bear population to explode.

At first, the Fish & Game Commission tried relocating nuisance bears, with tracking collars, even up to 500 miles away, but they always came back ‘home’.

Now, ironically, they simply ‘euthanize’ problem bears..................

[OKSooner]

For we who don't live in bear country this is kinda an interesting academic situation. It's instructive that some of these guys have discovered that the 9mm is effective against grizzlies - probably loaded with +P+ hardcast for maximum penetration, but there it is.

So who figured that out, to begin with? :)

Next we'll be hearing of a successful bear defense using the BB .38special +P "Outdoorsman" load, I believe that's what it's called, with the hardcast bullet.