You are deer/elk hunting and a bear charges you - what next?

[Curly]

I believe this is the movie you're thinking of:

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5hZ6O68pls[/youtube]


As far as the original question........just shoot him with your muzzleloader rifle.  (Don't miss.)

[whacker1]

great stories

[jdb]

'kick him in the nards!'

'werewolves dont have knards'...

from some 80's movie...lol...

might just be the beer but that cracked me up!

[ratherhunt]

I would aim for his head and then get out the knife, it I was not already dead from a heart attack

[ICEMAN]

I would spaz out, make girly noises and wet myself as I unload my handgun at him the whole time. Hopefully I hit him. Later, I would tell everyone how brave I was. 

[oneezreiter]

I like your honesty Ice.  I think I am with you on this one.

[MeatGETTER24]

I would spaz out, make girly noises and wet myself as I unload my handgun at him the whole time. Hopefully I hit him. Later, I would tell everyone how brave I was. 

 

[SHANE(WA)]

9MM is not enough, I watched my dad unload a 9mm on a bear at 12 yards, bear was swatting at the bullets like bees lol pulled several out of the bear that were barely under the skin, took 3 more in the chest from my .300 win mag to put him down.

[ICEMAN]

Swatting at them like bees? Puhleeze.....  Are you saying your dad "unloaded" multiple rounds from a 9mm pistol into a bear, and it was unaffected? More info please. 

[rasbo]

this happened to me..while just starting to hike into an area I had seen a large buck.I wasn't 10 yrds off the road,heading straight up.I seen a dark big object coming at me,I raised my 270, scope covers closed,and by raised I mean not to my shoulder from the hip,at this time I knew it was a bear,and fired right in its face at a distance of inches off my barrel.the bear went over backwards,and I reloaded as I got myself back on the road where I could see better.Now this all took place in a couple of seconds.the bear ran straight back up the drainage.after about a minute of running this back through my head,the adrenalin kicked in and I was shaken.I walked back to my truck and went and found my bud who was a mile or so away.told him what happend and ran home and got my 44 and we went looking for the bear.we found pieces of what looked like tongue,and a decent blood trail.we tracked the bear off champion property and tresspassed onto Hancock property.the tracks of that bear were just alittle over 6inches front pad.the rain was pouring down and we went about a mile and a half,down through some of the nastiest crap Ive been in and all sign disappeared.we crisscrossed and searched hard and long.we never found the bear.to this day I wonder what the bear had on his mind,I run them off of me at feet before with a yell and waving my arms..

[Kain]

 
Monster Squad was the name of the movie.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qu6L9pG_E6o[/youtube]

As for the bear I would probably scream like a girl and fire whatever shot I could get off.  Then put something in its mouth other than my face.  If I could I would pull my revolver if not maybe my knife and go at him prison yard style.   

[HawkenBob]

Swatting at them like bees? Puhleeze.....  Are you saying your dad "unloaded" multiple rounds from a 9mm pistol into a bear, and it was unaffected? More info please. 

Maybe affected, but a 9 wont stop one. Not enough energy to penetrate were it needs to. Thats the whole reason the cops and feds dont use it. It dosent stop people, how can it stop a 400 pound bear that dosent know its supposed to die when shot.

Even the military is looking at retiring the M9 for that reason. They have done numerous studies on cases were in tactical situations at 30 or less feet even a double tap from the 9 dosent stop the oponent. In fact, in most cases the reciever of said double tap still had 15 seconds on avarage to return fire.

This is factual info from the military. Now try to penetrate thru all that muscle, fat and bone. Bears are way tougher than humans. Not saying a 9 is a bad defense gun. I carry a Glock 26 sometimes. But in the woods Ill take 5 shots from my 357 any day over the 17 coming out of my extended clip Glock...

Id love to trade it for a G27 40sw though, thats a tough round right there. Made because the 10mm was too much for females in the field to handle. But still awesome stopping power.

No matter what we carry, you said it best, were still gonna make girly noises and wet ourselves in a situation like this...Lol.

[Gringo31]

I think too many of you guys have been listening to campfire stories too long.  How many of us have put countless hours in the woods, how few of bears we have seen, yet you feel the need to discuss all the ins and outs of how to be prepared for that exact situation.  I believe in being prepared but black bear maulings are VERY rare, much higher chance of getting in a driving accident to and from the field.

Granted, this is coming from a guy who hunted browns spot and stalk in Alaska last year with his bow (unsuccessfully).  A .22 will kill a 1800# cow every time if it is put in the right spot.  In the woods, if in trouble, that 9mm will do the most good by the noise it makes.  I personally don't pack a cannon or feel the need to.

Gringo

[ICEMAN]

I think too many of you guys have been listening to campfire stories too long. 
Gringo

Well woopy F'ing doo! 

You choose to be who you are, we choose to talk about it. Nothing wrong with that. It is really nice that you feel safe enough to not carry when in the back country. If you get hurt, just keep slinging them arrows up into the air, I am sure someone will find you.

[Gringo31]

The beauty of archery hunting....I only hunt where I don't see other people.  I'm guessing that the places I hunt, should I get in trouble, shooting rounds in the air would be pointless.  I feel more confident in my wife or buddy knowing where I am, being prepared, and most importantly keeping a cool head. 

If you want to carry, fine.  If you want to talk about it, cool.  The point I was trying to make was that  there really is very low risk of being faced with that situation and it isn't something that you should be "afraid" of when in the woods.