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Whichever Handgun is Best, Here's a Reality Check
This is a passage from an article written by Phil Shoemaker, published in the November 2008 edition of Successful Hunter
BEAR ATTACKS:
A LOOK AT ALASKA’S DLP LAW
"Considering the increasing numbers of hunters, hikers, campers, photographers, fishermen and outside visitors in the state, if bears were anywhere near the threat that most people imagine, there would be dozens of maulings per year.
Instead there are an average of one or two. Every year thousands of visitors
hike, fish and camp unarmed in our national parks and wildlife refuges, where bear encounters are commonplace. Occasionally an unattended cooler or backpack gets mauled, but one seldom hears of a visitor being injured.
As long as you use common sense, avoid attracting bears with food and learn a little about bear behavior (it is not much different from that of dogs), the majority of bear problems are easily avoided. Although . . . a big gun and a flashlight can be mighty comforting."
This is a passage from an article written by Phil Shoemaker, published in the November 2008 edition of Successful Hunter
BEAR ATTACKS:
A LOOK AT ALASKA’S DLP LAW
"Considering the increasing numbers of hunters, hikers, campers, photographers, fishermen and outside visitors in the state, if bears were anywhere near the threat that most people imagine, there would be dozens of maulings per year.
Instead there are an average of one or two. Every year thousands of visitors
hike, fish and camp unarmed in our national parks and wildlife refuges, where bear encounters are commonplace. Occasionally an unattended cooler or backpack gets mauled, but one seldom hears of a visitor being injured.
As long as you use common sense, avoid attracting bears with food and learn a little about bear behavior (it is not much different from that of dogs), the majority of bear problems are easily avoided. Although . . . a big gun and a flashlight can be mighty comforting."