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Originally Posted by RobertJ.
Wait...what?
If a 300-pound (or more) animal that has claws and fangs is thinking about sampling my leg, I don't think I'd feel over-gunned with a .44 Magnum. I'd probably be kicking myself for not having my 870 slug gun!
This is my "poor man's stopping rifle" and I don't think it would be excessive even for the lowly black bear:
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This was a smallish blackie....but, I still didn't want him runnin up my britches leg.
I turned it at about 12 feet with a 348 Win., killed it with the second shot.
Bigger bears, can sometimes take a lot of killin....
A heavy handgun is just a handy tool to have at hand on your person in bear country.
* Back in the old days, then hunting The Bob Marshal Wilderness,
always got one of those combo licences, elk, deer and black bear.
Just to be on the safe side, if I had to kill a black bear...I'd just go ahead and tag em.
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