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

[ghgetter]

What the.....

[bowtech721]

Go down on it, and make your getaway when its having a smoke.

  you go ahead and try that...     

[jackelope]

i would like to know what bear at 12 yards gave a guy enough time to empty a handgun mag then put 3 more rifle rounds into him from another guy.

 







 

[Pat/Rick]

 

[rasbo]

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.

damn Ice thats why I carried three extra arrows. ..then I thunk about it,after almost getting bit I like a side arm.I always packed while bow hunting..better to have and not need

[rasbo]

Go down on it, and make your getaway when its having a smoke.

  you go ahead and try that...     

I nominate pat/rick for YAR,the only way in....

[Pat/Rick]

Still kinda new here. What is YAR??? Thanx in advance

[Curly]

YAR = You Aint Right

[Huntbear]

Go down on it, and make your getaway when its having a smoke.

  you go ahead and try that...     

I nominate pat/rick for YAR,the only way in....

I second that motion,, he is definitely NOT RIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

[Pat/Rick]

There have been LOTS of folks that would agree with yous guys over the years.Hence my name....the folks gave me two names wrapped up in one.One for each of us   is it Pat or Rick===Pat/Rick. Mom had my brother in the Submarines and me in the  Airborne Infantry at the same time.Talk about not right,we were home on leave a couple times together.We made sure our whole family wasn't right!!   

[jeepasaurusrex]

Even the military is looking at retiring the M9 for that reason.

Apparently not yet.

 

Beretta USA received purchase orders from the US Army and US Navy for a total of 10,576 M9 pistols (5,969 for the Army, 4,607 for the Navy). The purchase orders were issued against a multi-year contract between Beretta and the US Army, which serves as executive purchasing agent of the M9 pistol for all branches of the US Armed Forces.

"We are always honored to be given the opportunity to serve the US Armed Forces by supplying the Beretta M9 Pistol," noted Jeff Reh, Vice-General Manager for Beretta USA. "The Beretta M9 pistol remains the most reliable and well-tested handgun in the US military inventory, with tests resulting in an average of only one malfunction every 20,500 rounds fired." Beretta, manufacturer of the Beretta M9 pistol, employs more than 330 employees and manufactures the sidearm at its factory in Accokeek, Maryland.

The Beretta M9 pistol has been the standard sidearm for the US Armed Forces since 1985. In 2005, Beretta received 13 contracts for M9 pistols and component parts from the Army and Marine Corps. More than $31 million in purchase orders have since been issued to Beretta USA.--Courtesy Karen Lutto & Associates

[JackOfAllTrades]

i would like to know what bear at 12 yards gave a guy enough time to empty a handgun mag then put 3 more rifle rounds into him from another guy.

I'm not calling BS...

There isn't enough information in his post. Double stack high cap pistol? 115gn Round nose bullets? Single stack? In Bullseye competion I shoot 5 45acp rounds in less than 10 seconds at 25yds all in the black of a 25yd target then the target turns away. I've done the same in less than 7 seconds. IDPA shooters do this at 12yds for 5 rounds in less than 3.2 seconds with .40 and 9mm all the time.

So, Lets call it a bit of high tension where a guy dumps 10 rounds, one round per .6sec.  OK, That's some rapid fire, but really, anyone can do that. And anyone not trained or practicing may not hit target every one of those shots. (I'll call a little BS on the swatting at the rounds... ) But, once the hand gun is empty, and the communication for someone else standing there with rifle, is given for them to shoot that BAR or whatever to dump that Bear in it's tracks, I'll leave that it's possible.

Unlikely, but possible.

Any of my hunting partners would have opened up with the rifle as I was shooting the pistol if the Bear was advancing. I do not believe that they would, if I was drilling the Bear full of holes with my 44mag at that distance and the Bear was not advancing. They'd wait until I gave the go-ahead.

Bone has taken a Bear with pistol. I'm sure there are archers or other pistol hunters here that have also. I wish I had taken my above average Bear with pistol. As it was, 75' with 30-06 did not drop him in his tracks. If not for the windfall between us, as he ran right toward me, he really could have hurt me. Luckily he turned away. I was pretty much alone in the woods. My partner knew not where I was.

-Steve

[ICEMAN]

   It would sure be nice if Shane would come back to this thread and answer a few of these questions so we can all grill him properly (or not) on the subject. 

[rasbo]

easy guys.sounds to me like a whole lotta missing.Ive seen cops empty their weapon at 10 feet and miss the prick..the 9mm isnt the weapon of anyones choice for bears..I dont care what a person is packing if ya fold under pressure you lose.