Post by: Night goat on February 09, 2023, 01:27:00 AM
The reason why I bring this up as I’m going up to southeast Alaska in 2 weeks to visit a friend for a while and we have plenty of adventures planned out… everything in me is saying to bring the 10mm… she says there’s nothing to worry about, but I say that it’s Alaska and it’s not worth risking it even if they are supposed to all be sleeping, I don’t trust that entirely. It’s a no brainer to me 3/4s the year to stay armed up there but she says it’s safe this time of year… I just don’t like letting my guard down up there…
Thoughts?
Post by: Skillet on February 09, 2023, 01:39:39 AM
I feel dumb for asking this but I simply don’t know…. I’m not 100% convinced a bear won’t get up mid winter and end hibernation early if temperatures allowed.
The reason why I bring this up as I’m going up to southeast Alaska in 2 weeks to visit a friend for a while and we have plenty of adventures planned out… everything in me is saying to bring the 10mm… she says there’s nothing to worry about, but I say that it’s Alaska and it’s not worth risking it even if they are supposed to all be sleeping, I don’t trust that entirely. It’s a no brainer to me 3/4s the year to stay armed up there but she says it’s safe this time of year… I just don’t like letting my guard down up there…
Thoughts?
In Sitka here.
#1 - If you want to carry, carry. No chick's false confidence could ever get me to not carry if I felt I needed to, no matter how sweet the cake was...
#2 - If the reason you are carrying is you are worried about bears being up in February, I think you are worrying too much. There's other good reasons to carry.
#3 - I've been wrong about bears being up during late November blacktail hunts, but I've never, ever, seen any activity after Dec 1 until about March 1. We have a few bruin marauders that let the town know when they're up and about, since the garbage pickings are pretty easy. And unless I'm not as up on that info as I think I am, I don't believe we've had a bear on the prowl here in Jan/Feb. But - even though it has been very stormy this winter, it has been warm. So I could stand to be corrected.
Just some free advice, probably worth what you paid for it.
Post by: Rob on February 09, 2023, 10:42:17 AM
Bears do not hibernate in the true sense, they will on occasion get up and do a walkabout. That said, I would think it to be very unusual to see one up and about that early.
No reason not to bring your 10mm though!
Post by: pashok23 on February 13, 2023, 09:25:49 PM
Post by: carpsniperg2 on February 13, 2023, 10:19:53 PM
There were some people on youtube, we were just talking about in a bad spot with a bear wishing they had more guns and a way to protect themselves better when stuff went bad.
Post by: KFhunter on February 14, 2023, 05:50:18 AM
Post by: headshot5 on February 14, 2023, 07:21:38 AM
Post by: boneaddict on February 14, 2023, 07:52:15 AM
Post by: KFhunter on February 14, 2023, 08:11:10 AM
I’d be more worried about 2 legged predators, and the 10 works wonders on them.
Zip right through if using bear loads, it might be less lethal than a 9mm with self defense rounds.
Post by: Rob on February 14, 2023, 09:14:04 AM