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 08-07-2011, 11:35 AM | #1 | Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 2 |  44mag or .223 for bear emergency
I am hunting. Small game with my .223 when a grizzly threatens me. Do I use my .223, my 44 S&W, or my pepper spray? [Please answer only if you have actual bear or hog experience with .223, 44mag, or pepper. Üninformed opinions and guesses do no help me!] | 
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| 08-07-2011, 01:01 PM | #2 | Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Lake Orion/Oxford, Mi Posts: 150 |
44 mag is my caliber. | |
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| 08-07-2011, 01:35 PM | #3 | Supporting Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Tollesboro, Ky Posts: 1,280 |
I can't help ya, because I use a 458 when I bear hunt. | |
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| 08-07-2011, 01:39 PM | #4 | Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Do you see what happens, Larry?! Posts: 3,321 |
Unless your .223 is full auto, I'd swap to the 44 mag. Bear spray is useless - except to season pizza. __________________
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| 08-07-2011, 09:59 PM | #5 | Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 659 |
I read an article once that said statistically one is more likely to survive an encounter after using bear spray than after using a weapon.
Unless the .223 is an a high-cap AR and / or you are an amazing shot who can place that little 55gr bullet in just the right spot to drop him (eye? snout? I dunno) while he's charging, I'd draw the .44. But, if you've got 15 rounds left in an AR and don't have the time to transition to your .44, I wouldn't hesitate to put half a dozen rounds into its face! | |
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| 08-07-2011, 10:25 PM | #6 | Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Blairsville, PA Posts: 14 |
bear spray, .44 backup. .223 is like a mosquito to bears and crackheads. | |
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| 08-07-2011, 10:28 PM | #7 | viper2 usmc 04 to 08 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: oakfield, ny Posts: 1,005 Liked 1 Times on 1 Posts
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Originally Posted by Lindenwood
I read an article once that said statistically one is more likely to survive an encounter after using bear spray than after using a weapon.
Unless the .223 is an a high-cap AR and / or you are an amazing shot who can place that little 55gr bullet in just the right spot to drop him (eye? snout? I dunno) while he's charging, I'd draw the .44. But, if you've got 15 rounds left in an AR and don't have the time to transition to your .44, I wouldn't hesitate to put half a dozen rounds into its face!
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well i dont have exprience but i was thinking along those same lines. if im walking with my rifle at the ready and get charged the time it would take me to lower my rifle draw and shoot my pistol. id rather just bring up my rifle and pop off 20 rounds before the impact | |
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| 08-10-2011, 01:31 AM | #8 | Senior Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: , NW AK Posts: 523 | bears and going home in one piece
depends on what your doing, in many cases in Alaska you have to file a defence of life and property form when a bear encounter happens and if one is killed you actions will be reviewd by the State Fish and Game cops and if your found to be running a dirty camp or spoiling for a encounter you may get a citation.
Pack somthing big and be familure in its use, .44mag 300gr at least.
so Far Ive been doing Maintence in a area of NW Arctic for last 7 years and we have all 3 Blacks, Browns and Polar, have had couple run ins with bears one Black and one Brown, if you can avoid a bear thats best, the Pepper Spray works great if you nail them in the face & eyes, after discharging leave the area immediately, Bear Spray is a Bear attractant to other bears. | |
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| 08-10-2011, 01:35 AM | #9 | Dead Wolves = Good Wolves Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Rochester WI, Rochester WI Posts: 8,314 Liked 4 Times on 4 Posts
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ive read news article about at least one eskimo using a M16 to kill a polar bear but he used a full 30round mag on full auto... __________________
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