Wind River Peak from Wikipedia, Chiffre01, 1 August 2010 CC BY-SA 4.0, Cropped and scaled by Dean Weingarten Posted on 05/26/2021 5:24:50 AM PDT by marktwain
On the East Fork of the Wind River, near Lander, Wyoming, three bow hunters were walking to their hunting grounds, bows in hand. An old boar grizzly suddenly charged them from a few yards left of their approach.
The bow hunters had set up base camp the day before at the East Fork trailhead. The next morning, they rode horses six miles up the trail, turned west, and rode uphill until the terrain was too steep for the horses. At about 7:30, they dismounted and continued up the steep slope of the trail on foot, in line.
Wind River Peak from Wikipedia, Chiffre01, 1 August 2010 CC BY-SA 4.0, Cropped and scaled by Dean Weingarten
The three men had covered about 500 yards from the horses when it happened. They heard loud crashing noises above them to their front left. The lead hunter started to reach for an arrow, thinking it might be an elk. He saw the grizzly coming at them. He dropped the arrow and bow and drew his Taurus .45 1911 semi-auto. He yelled at the bear and started backing away. As the bear saw the two other hunters behind the lead, it momentarily paused, giving him time to rack the slide and chamber a round. The Taurus had eight rounds in its magazine.
The pause was momentary; not a full stop of the charge. The lead hunter was able to start shooting from a range of six feet. The grizzly grabbed the lead hunter by the left thigh and the hunter went down with the bear on top of him.
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Yes, I know. But the modern colloquialism is “an inept person.”
Some people dont understand “locked and cocked”.
But my question is “Did the guy without the gun have a good pair of Nikes?”
Bringing a 9mm to a bear fight?
Hmmm. Bears don’t like to be tickled.
I used to back country hike that area in the 70s
Beautiful....we knew there were bear...we carried a 45 Colt commander
Man....tough bear...
Poor headline editing no?
They were shooting slow but very heavy bullets if they used minie balls
Kept multiple arms on hand on the pack animals
Like CSA cavalry would
But still you’re right
Would I prefer a 50 in minie ball
Or a 454 Casull
I’ll take the Casull
You read stories of these guys killed frequently ....by bear or in fights with bear
Bill Hickok
Many mountain men...
Kit Carson I think...
First time I went to glacier at cut bank entry to the trailhead....east side...mid 70s
Grizzled had just killed two girl back country campers on period.....smell they said
The old school pre enviro weenie ranger was headed in with 45-70 and 44 mag and mule team to kill the bear
We had our 45...you could carry in parks then....he told us ....you’re gonna need more than that....lol
He directed us away from the area he was headed into
He got the bear a few days later.....same thing ....old bear
Several bear attacks have been successfully stopped with 9mm pistols.
My favorite deer hunting load for the 44 mag..
26 gr of H-110
210 grain Sierra JHC
CCI mag primer
Sierra also makes a 300 gr JSP for the 44 mag designed just for bear hunting/defense.
https://www.sierrabullets.com/product/44-caliber-4295-300-gr-jsp/
Couldn’t they have shot the claws out of his paw? Or shot the bear in the leg? Or had a social worker talk the bear down?
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What if the bear had a gun?
You know, like he could Bear Arms?
IAC, why weren't they carrying & using one of those cannisters of bear spray? /s
The bear did practice safe distancing of 6 feet...
I scanned the title quickly and wondered if the bear wore shoulder holsters since they don’t have hips.
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