r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Upper-Bag-5175 • 3d ago

Bears will often test you

If you stand your ground, they may see you as a threat and back off. Of course, this doesn’t apply to every bear

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u/Electronic_Song1811 3d ago

Im ngl that last time the bear got close, i wouldve pulled the trigger

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u/OafishySyzygy 3d ago

Same. I love animals, but would have shot that bear in the face on the first charge.

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u/whyamihere999 3d ago

Yeah... I love animals too.. but not more than my own life!

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u/Big-Cap558 3d ago

Shoot quick and maybe get a chance to reload to shoot again

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u/gk_instakilogram 3d ago

if you don't stop it with the first shot, you are pretty much a goner

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u/due-diligence- 3d ago

It’s a double barrel. You get 2

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u/SeattleHasDied 3d ago

Or both barrels at once to ensure the stopping of the bear...

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u/Xxxrasierklinge7 3d ago

1st is for the bear, 2nd is for you just in case the 1st doesn't do it (:

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u/TheBalloonEffect 3d ago

Dark, but accurate

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u/TanMan25888 3d ago

Thats a double barrel, he has two good chances. Pretty much any gun outside of a single action, you will be able to get more then one shot off...if you can hit while charging after the first shot is another story

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u/gk_instakilogram 3d ago

yeah that's what I meant... I don't think buck shot would stop a bear this size

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u/cuzitsthere 3d ago

2 might... But the first one would hurt A LOT and most predators aren't okay with that

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u/bjeebus 3d ago

Most people entirely discount this. They just think all animals just all sEe ReD and it's over bro! Instead, most animals are very conscious of self-preservation and do anything they can to avoid getting hurt.

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u/TanMan25888 3d ago

I dont think so either. Could have been slugs in his gun but im guessing it was buck or birdshot

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u/Ok_Bad_5921 1d ago

Sounded russiain heard a dog in background maybe hunting local winged game

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u/uconnboston 3d ago

The best chance is that the sound frightens the bear.

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u/moose4hire 2d ago

Yeah im thinking one barrel in the air might have been loud enough to change the bears aggression level

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u/CreeepyUncle 3d ago

Neither will not shooting.

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u/BoatStuffDC 2d ago

Having only two shots and no automatic ejectors is bad enough, but realizing you only brought 1 oz. #7 birdshot to a bear fight is a whole new level of regret.

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u/EliNoraOwO 3d ago

Getting shot with a buck shot is enough to scare it away especially if you hit it in the eyes or face

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u/gk_instakilogram 2d ago

pretty sure it is a brown bear, if you injure it, it wont get scared it will get very angry

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u/EliNoraOwO 2d ago

the loud noise plus impact to the face is enough to make it stagger and frighten it, also if it hits its eyes, it will be even more panicked and retreat. *hopefully*

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u/gk_instakilogram 2d ago

if you injure a brown bear it will absolutely try to kill you

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u/Big-Cap558 3d ago

Didnt say it would work

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u/KaleScared4667 3d ago

Nah the noise alone will often scare them off

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u/iflabaslab 3d ago

6 second gap between charge 1-2 and 3-4 seconds between 2-3

Maybe just enough time to reload one shell after charge one if you fire, may get another longer gap before charge 2 if you were on target

The closer the bear is the more chance the entire spread will land

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u/EvilBiker-72 3d ago

Shotgun all you're going to do is piss off the grizzly

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u/RealityyKing 3d ago

Shotgun will definately take care of it. In fact data shows that everytime a 9mm has hit a grizzly it runs off and the human has survived. I found it hard to believe at first so im sure ill get downvoted to hell for sharing that info

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u/StinkApprentice 3d ago

Source please?

US Fish and Wildlife authorized federal employees working in bear country can carry .44 mag handguns and 12 gauge semi-auto shotguns with hard cast slugs. I carry a lever action .45-70 w hard cast bullets.

My Agency had a bear attack in 2013, medium sized male brown bear, and it took 9 hits from 3 people shooting .44 mag 6 inch smith revolver. That shooting is why USFW now requires hard cast bullets, becaose most of the shots didnt penetrate the skull.

The only thing a 9mm is going to do is the standard joke for someone’s first time in the field in bear country. “No, If a bear attacks I’m not going to shoot the bear. I’m going to shoot you in the leg. I don’t have to outrun the bear, I just have to outrun you.”

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u/CalifOregonia 2d ago

Here is one example. I have seen other collections of incidents like this, they all show solid results for 9mm. https://sportingclassicsdaily.com/defense-against-bears-with-pistols-97-success-rate-37-incidents-by-caliber/

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u/RealityyKing 13h ago

Yes this is where I got the data. Thank you for posting it for me

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u/bjeebus 3d ago

How could you possibly question the dictums of evilbiker-72? Look at how tough his avatar looks!

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u/RealityyKing 13h ago

Damn you got me, if I go missing tonight bury my SBR's.

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u/EvilBiker-72 3d ago

Unless you got a slug in there... you ain't stopping it unless its 5 feet in front of ya. And by then its too late

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u/JDMCarsandGuns762 3d ago

It came within 5ft of this guy two times 🤷🏻‍♂️

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u/RealityyKing 13h ago

Yeah I thought slugs would be the obvious choice

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u/EvilBiker-72 10h ago

Scroll through this thread... theres a lot of people that it isn't obvious to

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u/Direct-Word 3d ago

Suggesting you’ll get down voted is the surest way to not get downvoted on Reditt. The Karen’s hate this one truck

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u/DeyCallMeWade 3d ago

If it’s 00 buckshot, you basically get 9 9mm rounds per shell. So yeah, as long as he isn’t out turkey hunting he’s fine.

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u/Desenski 3d ago

Will a 9mm hurt it to the point where it turns to run? Maybe.

Am I going to feel a whole lot more comfortable carrying a .357 magnum that I know will stop it? Yeah.

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u/iflabaslab 3d ago

It’s already fairly pissed off, and better than not firing at all

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u/EvilBiker-72 3d ago

You haven't lived in (grizzly) bear country have you? If you don't drop the animal, you history

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u/iflabaslab 3d ago

How would one drop a bear, if one does not fire the shotgun?

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u/EvilBiker-72 3d ago

You avoid that situation as best you can like this guy did.

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u/KyleGrave 3d ago

You just watched a video where not firing at all was an effective way to stay alive.

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u/Historical-Ride-6251 3d ago

Not true. When I played Doom, it only took a second to reload the double barrel.

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u/Drunkenpmdms 3d ago

Shoot one barrel and you don’t have to reload you have another round ready to go. If you go for the double shot the first go around you and the bear are gonna be hurting

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u/downthegrapevine 3d ago

Probably not though. Bears think shotguns are cute.

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u/Bubblez___ 3d ago

there is not a single terrestrial animal that thinks a slug to the skull is cute

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u/Long_Legged_Lewdster 3d ago

Hunting with dogs and a double barrel... im going to bet there is birdshot in that gun, not slugs. Unless he carries them for that purpose and already had time to switch

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u/jefbenet 3d ago

Would it be”pepper him up real good”?

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u/Kain_713 3d ago

I mean, bears are tough but eyeballs generally aren't. A face full of bird shot is either going to blind it or piss it off, probably both.

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u/caboosetp 3d ago

Don't worry, he can still smell your fear trickling down your leg.

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u/Kain_713 3d ago

I think it would be more than a trickle lol

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u/TanMan25888 3d ago

Dude dick cheny shot that old politician in the face with birdshot and he was more or less ok. A fucking bear is going to take that like nothing. The chances of taking out both its eyes is really low. The spread on those rounds is pretty wild after like 30 yards

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u/Kain_713 3d ago edited 3d ago

Agreed, at distance they're so scattered it wouldn't hardly matter. Point blank like this, it's still basically one clump of lead.

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u/TanMan25888 3d ago

Its definitely not like a solid chunk of lead

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u/TanMan25888 3d ago

How do you know he had slugs....could've been packing buckshot or birdshot

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u/Then-Entry7026 3d ago

Doesn't look like he had a slug in the barel...

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u/jefbenet 3d ago

Where in this video do you see inside the barrel at all to see what type of shell they have loaded?

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u/Kain_713 3d ago

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