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G26ster wrote:

ajwakeboarder wrote: However, a group of friends and i have been wanting to go on a hiking/camping trip in the Colorado mountains sometime. We've discussed bear defense and both the .44 mag and the .454 Casull have come up in discussion.

The U.S Fish & Wildlife published this:

"The question is not one of marksmanship or clear thinking in the face of a growling bear, for even a skilled
marksman with steady nerves may have a slim chance of deterring a bear attack with a gun. Law
enforcement agents for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service have experience that supports this reality --
based on their investigations of human-bear encounters since 1992, persons encountering grizzlies and
defending themselves with firearms suffer injury about 50% of the time. During the same period, persons
defending themselves with pepper spray escaped injury most of the time, and those that were injured
experienced shorter duration attacks and less severe injuries. Canadian bear biologist Dr. Stephen Herrero
reached similar conclusions based on his own research -- a person’s chance of incurring serious injury from
a charging grizzly doubles when bullets are fired versus when bear spray is used."

XGC Radioactive wrote:

Keith B wrote:I don't think it would happen in Texas, but there was a person convicted in Arizona of carrying 'more gun than needed' who shot and killed an attacker while hiking in 2004. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison prison in 2006. http://search.yahoo.com/r/_ylt=A0oG7kvb ... fense.org/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

It was later overturned and went back to trial and he was released in 2009 http://www.paysonroundup.com/news/2009/ ... ut_prison/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;. He died last September.

This makes me sick.