Need some opinions with rationale.

[satchel3006]

I'd go with the shotgun with slugs and buck shot. There is a company (dixie slugs) that makes a buckshot load the is 2 .60 caliber? balls that apprently designed for dangerous game. I'd stay away from the bird shot if I only have one shot before the bear gets to me i'd much rather it be a load buck shot or a slug.

[Stickerbush]

I was up in AK fishing this summer and my buddy gave me the option of a big handgun or short shotty with slugs. I took the shotty and had it slung on me or laying a few feet away on the bank while I was fishin

[Bigshooter]

I would go with a big can of Bear spray.

[ICEMAN]

How about a hand grenade? 

[DIGGER69R]

The JUDGE!....if he very good with a pistol

Spray is the best

[cohoho]

Lived there for ten years and fished alot of remote out of the way streams, filled with Brown Bear sign and bear activity...  First off the brownies along streams are pretty passive compared to a mountain Griz...  Take that with a grain of salt as any bear whenever it decides your food, you don't have time to react.. PERIOD...   Cut your line if you got fish on and the bear is near the shore.... I have been charged a couple times -thank god false bluffs, but didn't have the time or ability to think and process what was going on.  It happens way to quick, but I am sure there are some John Wayne's that talk a great game about what they would do, but read anyones tales of being mauled, NO TIME TO REACT....  If those bears wanted me they would have gotten me... plain and simple.  I don't care what you carry, bear spray, slug gun, handgun.  Unless your set and conditioned to a extremely high alert, your toast... if they really want you.  And if your fishing, highly unlikely your going to be that alert as your focus is on the fishing...  But carry a hangun for the mentality stress relief and the syc effect it will have for you.. 


The best all-around gun for AK is a .22 pistol and a friend...  Shoot your buddy in the knee cap and run, atleast the bear won't get you...  Oh and by all record read BEAR TALES prior to fishing these remote streams....lol

[ICEMAN]

BEAR TALES available online at Amazon for only $10.17 in paperback right now.... but wait there's more! http://www.amazon.com/Alaska-Bear-Tales-Larry-Kaniut/dp/0882402323

This book should not be confused with BAIR TAILS...just sayin'

[MikeWalking]

Lived there for ten years and fished alot of remote out of the way streams, filled with Brown Bear sign and bear activity...  First off the brownies along streams are pretty passive compared to a mountain Griz...  Take that with a grain of salt as any bear whenever it decides your food, you don't have time to react.. PERIOD...   Cut your line if you got fish on and the bear is near the shore.... I have been charged a couple times -thank god false bluffs, but didn't have the time or ability to think and process what was going on.  It happens way to quick, but I am sure there are some John Wayne's that talk a great game about what they would do, but read anyones tales of being mauled, NO TIME TO REACT....  If those bears wanted me they would have gotten me... plain and simple.  I don't care what you carry, bear spray, slug gun, handgun.  Unless your set and conditioned to a extremely high alert, your toast... if they really want you.  And if your fishing, highly unlikely your going to be that alert as your focus is on the fishing...  But carry a hangun for the mentality stress relief and the syc effect it will have for you.. 


The best all-around gun for AK is a .22 pistol and a friend...  Shoot your buddy in the knee cap and run, atleast the bear won't get you...  Oh and by all record read BEAR TALES prior to fishing these remote streams....lol

Pretty sobering book.   Kinda why I pick the Brooks Range for all my trips. Unless I'm in the tent most areas I covered gave me several hundred yards of visibiltiy or more. But not always.