Ever consider if your EDC would stop a polar bear?

[Small's]

The way i see it is if he is coming after me i at least want to put a good 3-4 380 in his skin to think about while he is eating me. The wife and i did a hike in Glacier mountain national park on a windy day and i couldnt hear much besides wind. We were about 7 miles into the hike when out of nowhere a cinnamon colored black bear "at the time i thought it was a grizzly" popped up in the weeds about 30 feet from us. I about turded my pants trying to get out the snub 357 just in case he decided to come at us. Luckily he was just eating berries and didnt really care that we were walking by. To bad i did, I walked backwards for a long while. Its different when your in an area were most of the critters can eat you if they want unlike indiana.

 

[9mmfan]

Somebody rep printcraft for me, it says I have to spread it around before I can rep him again. he has the best post of the day!!!

Don't inflate his head any bigger than it is already please. He's hard enough to stand as it is.

 

[Dirtball]

When I go hiking in Upper Michigan I carry my 10mm, I'm pretty sure it'll work bear duty...I hope, should Yogi Bear want to turn me into trail poo. Or should I say Yogi's pigment challenged friend.

 

[HeadlessRoland]

Have I considered it? Yes.

Will it? No.

But I'm all right with that.

It's the bi-pedal bears that concern me more than the four-legged bears.

 

[baddyna96]

If in fact the bear did eat her, he would have died trying to digest her.

 

[danielson]

Pretty sure you just got the best picture of sasquatch ever

 

[Mackey]

My EDC weapon would kill a polar bear if he tried to swallow it and it choked him to death.
That is all.

Oh wait. This is just stupid. All you have to do is distract the bear and kick him in the nuts. This is well established and the discussion should go no futher:

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVS1UfCfxlU[/ame]

 

[Tombs]

When I go hiking in Upper Michigan I carry my 10mm, I'm pretty sure it'll work bear duty...I hope, should Yogi Bear want to turn me into trail poo. Or should I say Yogi's pigment challenged friend.

I'm pretty sure anything bigger than a black bear is going to shrug off a 10mm and then eat you alive for pissing it off.

I'd say anything short of a safari capable rifle isn't for the sane.

 

[Drakkule]

Stupid Should hurt, i wouldn't shoot any animal in a zoo, in it's place, because someone isn't smart enough to leave them alone. In nature, i wouldn't think twice about shooting any animal that threatens my family.

 

[colts1982]

Put one in her so the poor bear dont have to work as hard!!

 

[danielson]

put enough in her, and youll make her bite sized..

sounds like an odd way to commit suicide to me..

 

[gunowner930]

I've never considered that because I live well south of polar bear country, and south and way east of grizzly bear country. No, I would not shoot the beer in this situation. Being stupid has consequences.

 

[danielson]

I've never considered that because I live well south of polar bear country, and south and way east of grizzly bear country. No, I would not shoot the beer in this situation. Being stupid has consequences.

I, myself would NEVER, under any circumstance, discharge my firearm at a full beer can, sir, and I condemn you for even speaking of such an atrocity...

 

[jsharmon7]

I don't think my EDC would fare well against a polar bear. In this situation, I wouldn't try it anyway. If you're stupid enough to jump into a bear's habitat I'm certainly not going to hurt the bear for doing what bears do. I'd toss her a rope, obviously from a safe location with an iced tea, and try to help her as much as I could.

 

[Movealongmovealong]

As a simple point of fact - polar bears are generally agreed to be the most dangerous animals in most zoos. They are hella aggressive, very fast, large and powerful animals. Probably what you have to do to survive in one of the desolate environments on Earth as a top predator.

 

[VN Vet]

Not since I wintered-over with the Navy have I had to protect myself from Polar Bears. I love Polar Bears so I'm glad I never had to shoot one.

No really, but it sounds good.