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On Fri, 23 Jun 2006 20:42:51 GMT, "Alaskan420"

Also, the picture of the half eaten man has
nothing to do with the big bear shown in the photos. Barnard would
like everyone to think that the bear pictured killed said man. Ain't
true. Two entirely different cases.

I've been told that, as far as getting eaten goes, black bears are a bigger
problem than griz. Griz attacks tend to be more territorial, black bear
attacks, while rare, tend to be predatory. I guess its possible to survive
a griz attack by the old fetal position if ALL else fails, but with a black
you'd better think of something else. I have no idea if thats true for the
Alaskan Brown bear (their version of the griz)


It does bring out one funny thing (besides the phony picture
connection) that bear spray and a pistol are not going to help you
avoiid death. You run into a monster like that, you can kiss your ass
goodbye unless you have a hunting rifle.


I'm pretty comfortable with things that go bang- what I've read is if your
hunting bear in AK, the guides up there don't like to see you with anything
lighter than a .375 h&h. The 7mm, .308, .338 cal's don't leave a big enough
hole for all the blood to leak out of fast enough. I'd sure hate to have a
****ed off one comming at me even if I had S&W .500. Have to be either a
real lucky shot, or enough noise to make him/her stop or turn.

Dave
Procedure went fine. I'm a perfect asshole.


very glad to hear it Dave.

jh