Bear Spray Used on a Bear Caught on Camera

meanwhile bears in the Bear Country
are all trained to work for Mother Russia

That is a weakness of using an airborne weapon. Sprays in particular. Still, I'd rather have to change my position and have it in a case like this than to not have it.

I agree about the $10 squirt can but the macho 44 mag or 454 Casull is just too much. Why not a .460 S&W?

With those big hand cannons you can’t get off a follow-up shot, unless you practice a lot, so you are reduced to one well placed shot at a charging bear.

Also, the 357 or 10 mm have much better penetration to get through the nose and rip the brian apart. Don’t aim above the eyes or you will totally miss his brian. Bear brians are low in their heads behind their noses.

If you have a 454 and shoot high chances are the bear is now 10-15 feet closer, pissed off, scared, and angry, your second shot will likely go higher and to the right. You become bear chow with a big gun. You can’t kill a charging bear quickly with a shot to the body, it’s got to be a shot to the CNS.

There is a long history of people taking bears with 22 caliber rifles. An Alaskan kid killed a bear with bird shot straight through the schnozz. A well placed shot to the brian pan will do the job better than a great big hole in the bears back or chest. Remember those old 45 Colts were black powder and had a lot less energy than even a modern .38 and those guys killed bears with them.

I cary a .357, I recommend a 10mm if you want an auto. My friend carries a shotgun. A 45/70 carbine would be good too. Whatever you are comfortable with.

In response to those saying it was a very young bear...I agree!
If he had not been, yes, the man would have been in danger.

TY to the "bear-aware" posters that recognized a "young" bear.

Stupid white people...Goes into the Bears territory then assaults Bear.

This typical entitled white man attitude...

Just like they raped and pillage other nations.

Evil retarded race

J hands

No, no, no! Shoot him in the head. The guy with the .32 auto probably emptied it in the bears chest and shoulders. If he had remained clam and shot the bear through the snoot he might be alive.

Caliber size is no replacement for a well placed shot. Bella’s shot was behind the bears left ear straight into the brian. She done good.

Also, if all you have is a .22 you’d better use it and make your shot count!

It's almost like he was making a bear spray commercial.

LOL, FUKN AWESOME,

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Great video.

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Unless you are experienced shooter good luck hitting bear lethally with your gun, when your hands are shaking. There are plenty of stories how hunters have wounded bear with several shots and bear still attacked them.

Maze is good, because you just need to blast it onto bears general direction and hope wind doesn't play tricks on you.

I have been hunting since I was 4. Carried an empty broken down .410 under/.22 over until I was 6. Then started carrying a savage 20 gauge single shot.

That was over 50 years ago. I guess I have some experience.

Last Edited by Skanner on 12/03/2022 04:08 PM

I'm only guessing, he may have looked playful, but when I saw it I thought running up those trees was not only to get a better look but to also exercise up his claws for a potential attack.

And how many bears have you killed?

It's all wrong, you don't back up, that's a prey signal. You stand your ground.

I don't hunt bear, but I do hunt in bear country.

Every hunter I know carries a sidearm in bear country.

You don't run...but you walk backwards until you are safe.

It's hard to shoot a bear behind it's ear when it is charging you...know what I'm saying?

That's a small bear. It looks very curious. I think it's actually trying to play with him. Not that it means it any safer, I just don't think a bear that small is going to be interested in attacking an adult human.

Source: me, in the bush confronted bear black bears MANY times. Much much bigger than this. We don't consider black bears to be a threat to humans here.

They need to stop putting up deer crossing signs it keeps encouraging the deer to cross there

It was a juvenile black bear that looked to be playful.

This is a brown/grizzly bear. BIG difference here. Notice the lever action rifle is laying on the log to the lower right. Must be viewed on YouTube for some reason.


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That must have been terrifying!