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<blockquote data-quote="sedancowboy" data-source="post: 3094730" data-attributes="member: 85874"><p>If a CNS was necessary to stop a bear attack then why are firearms effective 98% of the time when deployed. I am certain that all of those successful bear stops were not CNS hits. Unless you have been down range of a gunshot at close range then it is hard to imagine the effect it has on man or beast. The noise and concussion is dehabilitating to say the least. This is enough in and of its self to stop a bear even momentary. Every year bow hunters stop grizzly attacks with handguns in Montana. Either the bear goes off to die or the hunter missed or had a nonfatal hit. Very few have fallen at the shot, at the hunters feet. Yet the bear stopped the attack and left the scene if it was able.</p><p>Carry your side arm when out in Grizzly Country and enjoy your time outdoors. You do not have to be a expert with a handgun to successfully protect yourself and you don't need a hand cannon either. Don't waste your money on bear spray it simply doesn't deter grizzly's. It was designed to get you killed and not the Grizzly. The few times that bear spray was touted as successful was a bluff charge in which the grizzly only wanted to scare you away. They do it quite often.</p><p> </p><p>I see a lot of fear mongering and arm chair experts in this thread and not much experience in griz country. There will always be those incidents where nothing is going to save you. We had one 2 years ago near me. A healthy 44 year old man practically stepped on a grizzly and it killed him in self defense. However most times you will have enough notice to draw your weapon. If the fact that apex predators are in the woods bothers you then stay home. If not then go about your adventure in the outdoors and have fun because the chances of you encountering a grizzly are really slim much less a grizzly that wants to attack you.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sedancowboy, post: 3094730, member: 85874"] If a CNS was necessary to stop a bear attack then why are firearms effective 98% of the time when deployed. I am certain that all of those successful bear stops were not CNS hits. Unless you have been down range of a gunshot at close range then it is hard to imagine the effect it has on man or beast. The noise and concussion is dehabilitating to say the least. This is enough in and of its self to stop a bear even momentary. Every year bow hunters stop grizzly attacks with handguns in Montana. Either the bear goes off to die or the hunter missed or had a nonfatal hit. Very few have fallen at the shot, at the hunters feet. Yet the bear stopped the attack and left the scene if it was able. Carry your side arm when out in Grizzly Country and enjoy your time outdoors. You do not have to be a expert with a handgun to successfully protect yourself and you don't need a hand cannon either. Don't waste your money on bear spray it simply doesn't deter grizzly's. It was designed to get you killed and not the Grizzly. The few times that bear spray was touted as successful was a bluff charge in which the grizzly only wanted to scare you away. They do it quite often. I see a lot of fear mongering and arm chair experts in this thread and not much experience in griz country. There will always be those incidents where nothing is going to save you. We had one 2 years ago near me. A healthy 44 year old man practically stepped on a grizzly and it killed him in self defense. However most times you will have enough notice to draw your weapon. If the fact that apex predators are in the woods bothers you then stay home. If not then go about your adventure in the outdoors and have fun because the chances of you encountering a grizzly are really slim much less a grizzly that wants to attack you. [/QUOTE]
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