Next time, he should bring a large , well loaded, hand gun.
Bullshit. You don’t play liberal jackass in the woods and kill the first animal that doesn’t play.
Respect your world.
That is what I was thinking too. He should have been blowing 44 magnum holes in that bear. One of my former co workers told me, that when he was stationed at Elmendorf, most of them carried 44 magnums when they were out hiking, in case they came up on big animals, and not just bears. A big moose or elk could also do GBI to them.
Saw the interview on TV. He said next time he was going to bring a gun. He had been hunting with a bow.
Regulations in Oregon were changed to allow carrying a firearm while bow hunting just because of such encounters.
Predators in Oregon Washington & Idaho are becoming bolder as they become more numerous. Lots of stories about stand offs with wolves too.
And make sure he has 1round left.....