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Originally Posted by Sooner
An uncle & I were out hunting late in the day and charged by a grizz protecting a kill we did not know about. A 100 yrd surprise bluff charge came faster than you could imagine and ended 20 ft away from us when it turned around, sure was a pucker moment as our rifles were in the gun boots. Were we traumatized, no, were we wound up after and had a couple calming pops back at camp, yup. PTSD from it, nope.
Now I get that bear was wounded and after them, that situation vs ours a 1000 plus times more stressful. I wonder why she was not packing a rifle for back up? Did I miss something in the vid?
Every mountain Grizz hunting vid I watch, everyone has a rifle. Everyone unloads on the bear at the first hint of it going sideways. Lots of mistakes, no one expects a rifle malfunction, she should have had one too. Might have ended better for the bear if she did.
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Her reasoning was because she shot her bear 2 years ago
On the ak peninsula there is a 3 year waiting period after you shoot a bear
So she said she couldn’t carry a rifle because if she had to use it, they might not deem it as self defence. Which makes sense
I was hunting up there at the same time as them.
I made a thread on here about it too
I’ll be going back this year in the fall when it opens again
On the peninsula, the hunt is in the spring on even years and in the fall on odd years. It’s only 15 days long too.
My caliber of choice hasn’t been determined yet.
I have a 300 Norma, 2 338’s and a 416
Big bears are a different animal
These guys didn’t give this one the respect that they deserve
There is a reason why every outfitter recommends big calibers and heavy deep penetrating bullets.
Personally I don’t even think them shoot at it from 475 yards was a bad thing.
If it was broadside out of that hole, they would have put 3 solid shots in it and it would have probably been more than enough. But shooting it laying down in that hole was dumb. They would have been better off shooting their pistol in the ground trying to get that bear to stand up. He wasn’t going to run away. We had to throw rocks at my polar bear to get it to roll over and give me a shot. This bear did not fear these hunters. Rushing it for the camera was where things went sideways