Posted on 12/11/2017 4:52:20 AM PST by marktwain
The video was filmed by Leon Lorenz on 14 June, 2010. Lorenz originally filmed grizzlys without carrying a pistol. His mother insisted that he start carrying a .44 magnum a decade earlier.
The video has not seen much play in the United States.
Mr. Lorenz has filmed grizzlies for the past 19 years and knew well how to prepare for an encounter with a bear. He'd washed with unscented soap and was sure to walk without making any noise. He knew he could likely talk his way out of a grizzly attack by calmly reassuring the beasts. After all, he'd done it before.Most importantly, he'd packed his .44 magnum stainless steel handgun, a safe companion he'd toted on many of his excursions since his mother asked him to get one 10 years ago.
The video got my adrenaline flowing. It shows all bear attacks are unique. Sometimes, bears approach slowly. Sometimes they charge head-on. Sometimes they go away and come back. Sometimes gunshots draw them in, where they learn to associate gunshots with food. This is a real problem in Montana during elk season.
Sometimes gunshots scare them off. In this one, the bears run zig-zag toward the cameraman. They are likely following his scent in the nearly still air. The bears run in and out of the visual field of the video camera. The cause and the effect of the .44 shot is obvious in the video. It dispels the notion that pistols are useless as a defense against bears. There are over a dozen cases where handguns have been used to stop bear attacks. I have been unable to document one case where the pistol failed to stop the attack or drive off the bear.
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Wow. 500 pouns of fast moving angry meat, teeth, claws, and fur. Sent chills down my spine!
Christ. You can see the point where she apparently caught the scent of the guy, then things happened fast.
Me too. Damn, that’s scary.
.44 Mag is good but if I was actually seeking out grizz I'd want something extra.
Maybe an AR10, AK47 or a 12 ga semi with OO!
Meh. Just kick ‘em in the ding-ding: https://youtu.be/PUFz3aP_3nQ
Curdled my milk that did.
Good thing he had plenty of running water nearby. I imagine his undies were in need of washing.
FTA: He knew he could likely talk his way out of a grizzly attack by calmly reassuring the beasts.
Yeah.... he has a death wish.
He was very lucky.
BTTT
FTA: He knew he could likely talk his way out of a grizzly attack by calmly reassuring the beasts.
His mother has a better grasp of reality.
He may have been educated by this event.
As one of the youtube commentators said - at that range, its not a warning shot. He just missed.
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Warning, grisly description of grizzly bear activity.
“FTA: He knew he could likely talk his way out of a grizzly attack by calmly reassuring the beasts.
Yeah.... he has a death wish.
He was very lucky.”
With his attitude some lucky person is going to find a nice shiny .44 in a pile of bear shit.
Used to shoot my brother’s S&W .44 Magnum at a local indoor gun range. As I would leave, the owner of the shop & range always said “There’s nothing quite as sweet as the sound of a .44.” It was like a cannon going off in comparison with all the other guns. In the store the range sounded like “pop, pop, BOOM!”.
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