We met some locals recovering a bush plane engine and floating it down to the next air strip to their own bush plane.
They were carrying. Hum bedbug they musta been cowards.
They were carrying. Hum bedbug they musta been cowards.
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Safety is there for a reason HUBEN k1 DONT SHOOT YOURSELF LIKE MY FRIEND. (Pictures, there not to graphic)
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.45 LC is what I've been told
....but yeah Blackdog has the correct answer, real men rely on nothing but their personality and bare hands to shoo off pesty bears
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They had a 44 mag and small like 24 inch total shotgun.
Sorry but that brings me to another Alaska story . Japan hills about 60 miles south of Fairbanks.
My partner shot a huge bull moose on the 10th day about a mile and a quarter as the crow flies away from
camp. On my second trip for meat ( we were separated) saw a yearling bull but then saw mama. She literally
circled me once from about 30, 40 yards. I had a small j frame smith 357 but I didn’t think it would be much
defense. Only thought about quickly finding a depression or a couple tussocks ( tundra) to shield some of the blows.
She got bored and soon went her way. I had another boned out hind quarter to get.
Sorry but that brings me to another Alaska story . Japan hills about 60 miles south of Fairbanks.
My partner shot a huge bull moose on the 10th day about a mile and a quarter as the crow flies away from
camp. On my second trip for meat ( we were separated) saw a yearling bull but then saw mama. She literally
circled me once from about 30, 40 yards. I had a small j frame smith 357 but I didn’t think it would be much
defense. Only thought about quickly finding a depression or a couple tussocks ( tundra) to shield some of the blows.
She got bored and soon went her way. I had another boned out hind quarter to get.
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I was in the service w a guy who grew up on Kodiak Island / sustinance hunted that told me that they'd expect to give up half of their moose allotment to the bears. There are so many bears on the island and they are so used to humans that they associate the sound of gunfire w dinner time and you can only pack out so much meat at a time.
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I too was a speargun fool! And yes! Underwater hunting teaches a bunch of lessons! You aren't the baddest animal in the sea like you are on land. And your swimming with 30 lbs of bloody fish on a stringer behind you like trailing pork fat on a bass lure.
Frickin' eels with heads like a big German shepherd under every rock. Pinche sharks out at the edge of your visibility prowling around. Damn sea lions as big as an oil drum. The opportunity to have a bad encounter is everywhere. And everything around you can swim EXPONENTIALLY faster than you can.
Your posture and presence often determines the reaction. Your reaction to aggression means everything when dealing with any type of wildlife or domestic animal.
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