> Not a proper debate for this forum as there is too much emotion
> involved.
I suspect it would be a hot topic, perhaps more so than the hot chili-pepper
thread.
>With respect to protection from bears, there is now quite a bit of
> data that says bear spray is a better deterrent to attack than a firearm.
A
> gun-shot grizzly will usually stay alive long enough to get you before
they
> die unless the shot hits a vital neurological center.
We don't have grizzlies, but some statistics (don't you hate statistics?)
I've read say more people are killed by black bears than by grizzlies. I can
assure you that a 444 Marlin stops a 400-pound black bear, but admittedly it
did keep coming until the fifth shot. Probably should've aimed for the head,
especially had it been a grizzly, but I didn't want to spoil that. (If
Olympus content is needed, I could post a C5050 picture of his stuffed head,
but hopefully it's not needed :-)
> I'd rather be killed fighting a bear than die in bed from cancer. /jmac
Okay, if we were given choices on this, hopefully there would be at least a
third option :-)
Wayne
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