Grizzly Guns (World Record shot with a .22)

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[Kenny Bunk]

I put a lot of venison from my orchard on the table with a .22 LR .... and a very powerful police flashlight. I had always planned on telling any overly inquisitive Game Warden that the deer charged?

You've got to believe me!

[Kenny Bunk]

Coat the gun with heavy lube. Hand it to the bear. Grab your ankles.

Are you quite sure you're here for the hunting?

for the rest of the joke, see me at the VFW. You're buying.

[Lowell1775]

I lived in AK for 2 years in the bush, and yes...bears will come investigate shots. They are smarter than dogs at any given age with little to no fear of man now that most people, even in remote AK, take their pictures rather than their lives. It is the gut pile they are after, not the man or the meat really.....like people, most bears avoid trouble and grab easy meals rather than fight for a prime cut.

[Lowell1775]

Don’t know now if it is true or not....but remember hearing more than once...that Eskimos hunted polar bears with 22’s in the old days before Uncle Sam bought them all 300 Win Mags by waiting until the bear would rear up and open it’s mouth, and being close enough to kiss, the Eskimo warrior would pop the bruin in the roof of the mouth and go home to momma with a new white parka and bear steak for dinner.

[tumblindice]

1. I don’t have to outrun him—I just have to outrun you.

2. It’s not very sporting: This is why we should arm bears.

[immadashell]

...that Eskimos hunted polar bears with 22’s in the old days before Uncle Sam bought them all 300 Win Mags by waiting until the bear would rear up and open it’s mouth, and being close enough to kiss, the Eskimo warrior would pop the bruin in the roof of the mouth and go home to momma with a new white parka and bear steak for dinner.

Didn't even have to repair the bullet hole in his brand new white bearskin rug.

[PUGACHEV]

In White Dawn (1974), a film about three Yankee wailers castaway in the Arctic, there is a scene where an old Eskimo shaman confronts a polar bear. As the man draws near, the bear rises up to six or seven feet on its hind legs and bellows as it extends its front paws. Unrattled, the shaman takes a fragile looking bone tipped spear and carefully inserts it into the bear's chest, avoiding the rib cage is such a way as to sever the aorta cleanly, causing the bear to simply collapse. Placement is everything.

[Georgia Girl 2]

Aim small, shoot small.

[marktwain]

Kind of reminds me of cartoon 2E. The caption is "We should write down that spot."