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Probably warning shots, which did not discourage a human food habituated polar bear.
1 posted on 07/14/2023 5:30:12 AM PDT by marktwain
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To: marktwain

Yeah. Let’s hand feed the cute white bear. A recipe for disaster


2 posted on 07/14/2023 5:36:03 AM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you. )
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I don’t understand (only seeing excerpt): tourists, yet researchers were in the camp? Was this an experiment or not?


6 posted on 07/14/2023 7:09:37 AM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (.Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs)
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To: marktwain

I dunno. Polar Bears are TOUGH. Not sure a .44 even a magnum would take one down unless you hit a vital organ. Got a hunch anyone dumb enough to hand feed a polar bear isn’t exactly the best shot. Then again, such an idiot is also likely to be dumb enough to think warning shots would work. So you may be correct.


8 posted on 07/14/2023 7:37:41 AM PDT by piytar (Do NOT forget Ashli Babbit!)
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To: marktwain

Never mind my previous comment. Another Freeper posted they were warning shots. Morons (but that was well established by the hand feeding freaking polar bears thing).


9 posted on 07/14/2023 7:40:20 AM PDT by piytar (Do NOT forget Ashli Babbit!)
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To: marktwain

Pooh knows how to protect his House, he is always srapped.


10 posted on 07/14/2023 7:58:57 AM PDT by cowboyusa (YESHUA IS KING OF AMERICA! AMERICA FIRST! DEATH TO MARXISM AND GLOBALISM! )
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To: marktwain

I shoot, reload, have four different presses, etc. But I’ve never heard of a “cracker load.” Is that a bullet for shooting white people?


11 posted on 07/14/2023 8:12:52 AM PDT by LouAvul (Daniel 4:17: "..the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever He will.." )
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To: marktwain

Geez, why would people feed bears? I won’t even feed the smallest of animals around my house.


12 posted on 07/14/2023 8:15:14 AM PDT by caver
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To: marktwain

their heart only pumps ~12 times a minute so a heart shot doesn’t stop them dead in their tracks

articles i’ve read say try for their shoulders to stop them from grabbing you and running


14 posted on 07/14/2023 9:18:22 AM PDT by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: marktwain

Hiking ‘Copper Basin Rd.’ Lately and felt comfortable with my “Bear Repellent”.
Yup they be Brown Bears and situational awareness is Surviving And Living the Life


16 posted on 07/14/2023 10:16:55 AM PDT by Big Red Badger (The Truman Show)
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