[strongbow]

Sorry to hear about the attack on your daughters, hope nobody got hurt before they got the bear. Were they out on the paved trail on the highway or back in the woods? My wife said she saw a black bear coming out of the woods while driving back to the valley one day, I've never seen one there. Up till now I have kept my .44 in my backpack (not smart I know) but I plan to keep it in my holster now and add a 12g pump in future. Was the bear on Ft Rich a black or brown?

[U S Army EOD]

The bear got hurt bad after he was shot with the 44 mag and 12 guage. One piece of advice is to make sure the people who are carrying the weapons are also the same ones that have the ammo. In this case it was not true. There was considerable running around trying to find each other between the individual who was carrying the 44 mag and the other guy that had the ammo for it.