................ and I'm a 100% through and through certified coward! Get me to walk into the middle of a herd of hundreds of elephants and shoot the biggest, meanest, fiercest male with huge tusks, then as it falls do it again, and again, and again to others before the herd panics and stampedes (possibly over me)? Not for all the tea in China as my mother used to say.
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................ and I'm a 100% through and through certified coward! Get me to walk into the middle of a herd of hundreds of elephants and shoot the biggest, meanest, fiercest male with huge tusks, then as it falls do it again, and again, and again to others before the herd panics and stampedes (possibly over me)? Not for all the tea in China as my mother used to say.
I think all these widely traveling wealthy guys of that era were 7X57 fans. And quite right too! (I own two South American military 7X57 Mausers, amazing rifles and cartridge, always been one of my favourites.)
Funny, I’ve shot black bears with rubber slugs. One even had cubs with her. She gather cubs an ran out of the campground. Black bears and grizzlies are two very different things. Really, a 9 would be fine in Black Bear county because they will scare off easily. However, I’ll admit I prefer walking the dog with the 45 colt loaded with 325 grain hard cast at 1100 fps.
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They seem to be happening more and more. Every year this happens, usually multiple times local to me. I cant remember the last time I read that the bear was shot and killed stopping the bear. The bear always seems to win. There was one a few years ago that a guy was able to get off one shot from his 300 weatherby. He hit the bear in the face, but didnt even have time to cycle the bolt before the bear took his face off. The bear later died and the guy was air flighted to Wa. I never heard if he lived. Thats the only one I remember being shot. Usually the guy doesnt have time to get his gun or its tossed away and he cant get to it.
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Ha. I will roam in the mountains before I will roam the streets of Chicago. To be honest, when I go out west, I worry more about mountain lions than bear.
Not a bear fan...Chicago or otherwise.
If you ever encounter a Lion in Chicago, it'll be a Detroit Lion and they are no threat either. Especially not to the Chicago Bears.
I’m pretty sure that Bear is gonna be coming from behind you or from the up wind side, you better be Damn fast thinkin & shootin cause the SOB is on you quick like food.
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