Bear attack while bow hunting

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Termite wrote:
Netpackrat wrote:Nobody needs a 20 foot great white shark for hunting bear.
And they are much more expensive to feed than a 458 SOCOM or 50 Beowolf......... :lol:
But I will fight to my last breath for your right to own 458 SOCOM, 50 Beowulf and whatever shark you want.
Buy ammunition and magazines.

You'll shoot your eye out!

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Does the shark have frikkin laser beams?
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I dont know , we hunt dear in SE Ak each time we go out we see between 4 and 6 bears, active natural selection is always present, sliver slingers need a back up IMHO.
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I read these sorts of posts with great interest, even though I live in a LARGE metropolitan area, with emphasis on millions of stupid people.
As I think NPR said once, in Alaska, any activity can become a bear hunt.
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Windy Wilson wrote: Wed Jun 13, 2018 7:06 am I read these sorts of posts with great interest, even though I live in a LARGE metropolitan area, with emphasis on millions of stupid people.
As I think NPR said once, in Alaska, any activity can become a bear hunt.
In Alaska, bear hunt YOU.
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Is .375 H&H mag a good caliber for grizzly, pilgrim?
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Jered wrote: Thu Jun 14, 2018 11:58 pm Is .375 H&H mag a good caliber for grizzly, pilgrim?
If you will do, it will do. And then some.
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Jered wrote: Thu Jun 14, 2018 11:58 pm Is .375 H&H mag a good caliber for grizzly, pilgrim?
I was told by the ffl who sold me my 375 stainless that when they first came out 2 years prior, they were almost impossible to get ahold of until fairly recently (at the time). Apparently, they were going for over msrp up in alaska....
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Netpackrat wrote: Fri Jun 15, 2018 4:35 am
Jered wrote: Thu Jun 14, 2018 11:58 pm Is .375 H&H mag a good caliber for grizzly, pilgrim?
If you will do, it will do. And then some.
Nothing wrong with overkill for grizz.

I've got a .45/70 lever gun, too.
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.375 H&H vs .45-70 is the difference between a gun for hunting bear, and one for not getting et by a bear. When dealing with bears, range is your friend and one of those has it; the other not so much.
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