[Ditter]

I went with my husband on a grizzly bear hunt in British Columbia in about 1986 or 87. Incrediable experience. We took a small plane, landed on a lake, then walked miles & miles thru slushy snow. Finally we found one. A male, 9+ feet. It almost made the book except for an exceptionally narrow skull. When it heard us it turned & looked at us. I almost died of fright right then.

[SLB]

I almost died of fright right then.

Then I hear the talk here of carrying a handgun and making sure to shoot them in the brain stem. Heck, by the time the fright factor kicks in and your nerves calm down they are on you and you are hoping to get a shot in without dropping your handgun or having it batted out or your hand accidently.