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1 posted on 07/30/2024 8:15:29 AM PDT by Red Badger
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To: marktwain

Unbearable Ping!........................


2 posted on 07/30/2024 8:15:57 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: Red Badger

If a grizzly is close enough for you to punch, you are at your last ditch option.


3 posted on 07/30/2024 8:17:42 AM PDT by PTBAA
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To: Red Badger

Every bear has a plan until he gets punched in the nose!


5 posted on 07/30/2024 8:26:09 AM PDT by Delta 21 (If anyone is treasonous, it is those who call me such.)
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To: Red Badger

I worked for the US Forest Service clearing trail.

I came to a point in the trail where Huckleberries had completely overgrown the trail.

They were tall.

I put the brush saw on the ground and pulled the cord to start it.

The next few seconds are kind of fuzzy.

A bear exploded out of those bushes.

If that bear had attacked me, I would have been a goner.

They are really fast in short distances.

You will do what you can do to try and survive.

I don’t think Bear-Fu will do you much good though.


7 posted on 07/30/2024 8:33:24 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer” )
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To: Red Badger

I don’t believe it!


11 posted on 07/30/2024 8:44:59 AM PDT by old school
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To: Red Badger

if find yourself that close, it might be the best (if not the onliest) option


12 posted on 07/30/2024 8:52:34 AM PDT by xoxox
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To: Red Badger

If I ever decide to go walking -or biking - in Grizzly country, I will punch that charging bear with my 7.62mm semiautomatic, gas-operated shoulder weapon.


13 posted on 07/30/2024 9:18:04 AM PDT by Chainmail (You can vote your way into Socialism - but you will have to shoot your way out.)
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To: Red Badger

Wowee!! Well, if there is nothing else a person can do, do it!!


14 posted on 07/30/2024 9:20:48 AM PDT by TurkeyLurkey
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To: Red Badger

What an idiotic article. If a bear is trying to kill you, punching it in the nose might be your best chance at survival. You don’t want to think it through, oh how wise it might be or the likelihood that it might work or not.


17 posted on 07/30/2024 9:56:03 AM PDT by webheart
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To: Red Badger
I don't think this has a chance of working if the bear is committed to the attack, whether defensive or predatory. If the attack is more in the nature of a bluff in a defensive attack or more exploratory in a predatory attack, it might be enough of a deterrent to make the bear break off the attack.

A human punch would not be very consequential to a grizzly. A year-old grizzly cub would be about 200 pounds and vastly stronger than a human. However, it would be no match for an adult grizzly, boar or sow, who attacked in a determined manner.

18 posted on 07/30/2024 10:04:26 AM PDT by CommerceComet (Re-elect Donald Trump - AGAIN)
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To: Red Badger

If he’s close enough for you to punch in the face you may as well give it a try. Otherwise it’s over. You’re an ursine Twinkie.


20 posted on 07/30/2024 11:19:23 AM PDT by Rummyfan (I’m In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man.)
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To: Red Badger

If you miss then the bear will bite down on your arm and throw you around like a rag doll.

Look at the 3rd bear in the background:
INTENSE BEAR FIGHT caught on camera - 3 different angles
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJVFbr99H8o

John West - Bear - comedy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gP92j-uEnps


24 posted on 07/31/2024 3:49:07 PM PDT by minnesota_bound (Need more money to buy everything now)
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