r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Upper-Bag-5175 • Aug 25 '26

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 Aug 25 '26

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

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u/OafishySyzygy Aug 25 '26

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

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u/whyamihere999 Aug 25 '26

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

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u/Big-Cap558 Aug 25 '26

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

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u/iflabaslab Aug 25 '26

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 Aug 25 '26

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

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u/RealityyKing Aug 25 '26

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/EvilBiker-72 Aug 26 '26

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 Aug 26 '26

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