Walking in the forest you suddenly and unexpected come face to face with a really mad and hungry Grizzly Bear.
What is your best defense?

For Jimmy it would be His freshly soiled under garment.

Standing next to someone who runs much slower than you.

napalm .... when just killing it wont do .. kill with fire.
or in my case ... 240 grain target loads, 3 reloads, alot of running and clearing the cylinder of a tootsie roll.
...... long story

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My 338-06 with any good 250 gr load.

Well, the unexpected part is the key. If you were prepaired for that to happen you'd have something "big bad" on hand.

Being unexpected and all - whatever you normally carry would be your only choice - your normal carry....

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yup ... supports the case ...
I happened to have the right gun .. less than ideal ammo ... and a few tootsie rolls

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A chrome plated NRA hat might do the trick.

You know I'm just kidding,I really think you wear it well.

DG

Marlin 1895 Guide Gun in 45-70 Gov't., loaded with 525 gr. Beartooth Piledriver lead bullets--look them up!

I have heard bears hind legs are longer than their front ones. Run wide open down hill they tell me and the bear will lose control and skid out. But dont try a half nelson on a bear as they tell me they can turn their heads around about 600 degrees, sompin like a owl.
I shoulda asked a now deceased uncle. He used to follow the circus and had a tent where he would challange the crowd to a rasselin match and pay em a buck a minuet to stay with him. I guess at some point as he aged he tired of that and got a bear to rassel and draw the crowds.

Damn. Beat me to it.

The trick is not to be surprised.

If that fails then 12 ga slugs to the rescue.

Seen it done twice. Big bad bear never had a chance. He went night night.

I'm afraid, like Jimmy, I would resemble the Ink Fish. Releasing an involuntary "cloud" behind me as I ran away.

Been sued over NOTHING - Not taking any chances!

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Remind me NOT to go into the woods with you and your single shot break open TC.

I can unload a 12ga with slugs in a few seconds. Don't think I could do that with a TC.

This is assuming that you need more than one round which you probably will.

"12 gauge slug"....

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Works very well. Sometimes it takes two.

Hey, is that pic copyrighted?

Yep, 12-gauge slugs. And doesn't need to be a fancy Super Ultra X-Treme Turbo ZX type either, just the plain ol' Foster-type slug.
No sense spending a lot of money on a fancy projectile that groups well at 100 yards, for such short range use.
My family's had a log cabin on a lake, in grizzly and black bear country, since 1972 in the central portion of British Columbia, Canada.
I've never had a problem with bears, but others have.
The locals all swear by 12-gauge pumps. The short-barreled variety with a pistol grip is enormously popular. Put a sling on it and you're good to go while fishing or berry picking.
Some load it with a 3" 00 buckshot load as the first shot, figuring you're going to be startled and may need a little wider pattern. I dunno, seems like they're fooling themselves.
If you pattern any shotgun at 20 feet you'll get a pattern -- at most -- about the size of your hand. At 20 feet, not much room for shot to spread out. Forget what you see in the movies; even short-barreled shotguns don't throw wide patterns at across-the-room distances.

Anyway, my Canuck friends prefer a 12-gauge pump loaded with regular slugs. I've met a couple with older 16-gauge pumps that they swore by. But most view 20 gauge as marginal -- though when you compare the bullet weight and velocity it matches the regular .45-70 load.
I guess a 20-gauge would do the job, with some of those fancy slugs that penetrate deeper than the Foster design.

Still, when I visit my cabin, I bring my Browning A-5 semi-auto 12 gauge, with 20-inch barrel. It's loaded with slugs. Utterly reliable. I figure 5 slugs as fast as I can pull the trigger is mighty fearsome.

Years ago, as a joke, I taped a dime to the plastic stock with a piece of masking tape. Sure enough, someone just had to know why, considering the nearest payphone is 30 miles away and costs more than a dime.
"That's so I can take out the buttplate screws," I told them.
"Oh? Got more ammo under there?"
"No. Fresh underwear," I replied. "Cuz if I ever have to use this thing against a bear, I'm gonna need it!"

Rocket Propelled Grenade.

Why did Lawrence Taylor come to mind?

I was Grayling fishing just South of the Yukon River in Ak. Make a cast, move the .375. Make a cast...You get the picture.
OZ

I used to do the same with a 12ga at the Russian River, Copper River, Yentna, and many others. But the Russian was the worst.

Been sued - Not taking any chances!

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RUN Forest......****N

and this happens just when I had turned my life around. Oh well.

God and the gun you have with you.

S&W .50 cal.snubby.A broken wrist beats being dead.

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I'll get flamed for this but bear spray does work. A lot of people in bear county swear by it. Or you could give Yogie your picnic basket. That's what I would do.

416 rigby with a-square dead tough bullets. has never failed yet

It wouldn't be all bad to have one of these along.
YouTube - ‪aa-12 full auto shotgun 2‬‎

A few years ago, I was hunting Kodiak Island for Sitka blacktails. A Kodi called "J-lo" charged over the ridge with her two two-year olds in tow(@400lbs. ea.) about 30 minutes after we put 3 deer down. I also heard about running from a bear downhill. Watching her move WAY FASTER downhill than any of us are capable of..........I caution you to stand and shoot as calmly as you can and try to make them count. A big bear must be broken-down as much as killed. If he can move with one paw, he is coming for you............As for the surprise, Well.......hope for the best and pray as your body and mind do what it is going to do................

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Don't think that would work. Last time I ran downhill I lost it and ended up resembling a large boulder in a landslide. I probably looked like I lost a fight with a bear when I reached bottom.

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Large jar with some honey in the bottom might work....

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