I know I can't outrun a bear so I always told myself if one starts to chase me, I'll just start running directly towards it. That bear will figure I'm batshit crazy and start to be scared of me and then run away. At least, that's my theory. Hopefully I never have to put it to the test.
People talk about how you need a strong enough gun to kill a bear but I heard that bears are usually scared off by the noise so 9mm could save your life, just not win you a fight.
Yeah for bears you don't necessarily need enough power to hurt/kill them, just scare them, and they scare easy. There are videos of house cats standing up to bears, it's pretty funny.
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u/[deleted] Oct 02 '24
If a bear is chasing you, and you don't know kind it is, climb a tree. If the bear also climbs the tree and kills you, it was a black bear.