Lehigh has changed my idea of a field pistol

[Clusterfrack]

WTF? A black bear in Gresham? I guess it makes sense. The Portland metro area is surrounded by lots of habitat. We have had a cougar in our SW Portland neighborhood.

I think I'll have to be satisfied with fighting aggressive wildlife around here with HST 147. I'm not going to carry a spare mag of XP ;-).

Looks like I need to buy more of these bullets:

http://katu.com/news/local/police-sh...rtment-complex

[flyrodr]

And here in NC, we have the Outer Banks bear:

http://abc11.com/pets-animals/bear-s...beach/3520581/

[GJM]

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[Lost River]

What an excellent idea! I'd have to find someone with hunting experience to go with me.

DUDE,


I'm your Huckleberry, that's just my game.

Have .44s, will Travel !!

[mtnbkr]

And here in NC, we have the Outer Banks bear:

http://abc11.com/pets-animals/bear-s...beach/3520581/

Don't the NC coastal areas have a good population of largish black bears?

Chris

[flyrodr]

Don't the NC coastal areas have a good population of largish black bears?

There are certainly some big ones. The largest, I believe, was an 880-lb one. Turns out it had gotten fat by raiding a waste bin where a hog farm tossed carcasses of dead hogs before burying them. Other big ones, though, apparently gained their weight legitimately. I think the top twenty bears shot in NC and officially weighed were all over 700 pounds.

Loosely related (a bear story), many years ago my wife and I were playing golf at a western NC course that backed up to some US Forest Service land. She hit a shot off the fairway into the edge of the woods, and in looking for her ball, woke up a smallish black bear (maybe 150 lbs) that had been napping there. Fortunately, it groggily ambled off away from us, as most potent armament at the time was my three iron.

[Bigghoss]

...as most potent armament at the time was my three iron.

You don't keep a gauge in your golf bag?

[flyrodr]

You don't keep a gauge in your golf bag?

I was young and stupid back then. Well, stupid anyway. A condition that has improved little.

[mtnbkr]

There are certainly some big ones. The largest, I believe, was an 880-lb one. Turns out it had gotten fat by raiding a waste bin where a hog farm tossed carcasses of dead hogs before burying them. Other big ones, though, apparently gained their weight legitimately. I think the top twenty bears shot in NC and officially weighed were all over 700 pounds.

In this part of VA, most of the bears are in the sub-400lb range it seems. I haven't seen one in the flesh more than a couple hundred pounds myself.

Chris

[Duelist]

In this part of VA, most of the bears are in the sub-400lb range it seems. I haven't seen one in the flesh more than a couple hundred pounds myself.

Chris

That’s still plenty big!