Pacific North West Advice

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Originally Posted by rbk

Well I stayed in the north and SE Alaska for the last 40. No deterrent is 100 % effective. I've also watched a bear take a 338 275 gr nosler partition center mass, destroying heart and lungs only to watch it run a half mile through a wall of coastal brush. A griz can cover a hundred yards in 6 seconds, what do you think will happen when your little red ball lands behind a changing bear? Then you have to reload, aim and hope you get it in front of him, same goes for a gun. That is of course assuming you can even see it charging through thick underbrush. Watched plenty of coastal griz shake off a 12 gauge rubber bullet at 20 yards and the occasional slug to the head, adrenaline is an incredible thing, but you can keep illegally firing off flares in heavy wooded areas.

OK....I give up...I'll just move to LA or NYC or Miami where it's safe and I only gotta deal with humans...................