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Irish B · March 10, 2012, 02:50 AM

If you're that worried about bears then holster the 44 AND sling the 30-30. Why do you have to choose just one? There's a difference between being bear prepared and bear scared. People who are bear scared walk around with one hand always on their gun and usually fire upon a bear that makes a bluff charge which turns it into a real charge. Seriously your first line of defense needs to be bear spray. It is the most effective weapon against bear and ends up saving either you or the bears life. It's not that expensive. There are just way to many trigger happy people wandering into the woods these days eager to defend themselves against evil bears

March 10, 2012, 02:50 AM	#17
Irish B Senior Member Join Date: October 10, 2010 Location: Colorado Posts: 359	If you're that worried about bears then holster the 44 AND sling the 30-30. Why do you have to choose just one? There's a difference between being bear prepared and bear scared. People who are bear scared walk around with one hand always on their gun and usually fire upon a bear that makes a bluff charge which turns it into a real charge. Seriously your first line of defense needs to be bear spray. It is the most effective weapon against bear and ends up saving either you or the bears life. It's not that expensive. There are just way to many trigger happy people wandering into the woods these days eager to defend themselves against evil bears __________________ If a man hasn't found something worth dying for, he isn't fit to live