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  1. #721
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    Quote Originally Posted by Clusterfrack View Post
    I have been unsuccessful in getting Mrs. CF to carry a firearm in bear and cougar country, despite our several exciting close encounters. She was toting bear spray, but we started counting the days when wind conditions made spray a poor choice, and it was a lot. So she will now be carrying an air horn, and I’ll be working on her comfort and skill with firearms.
    Wind conditions have not been a consideration of mine but I will start considering in the risk evaluation.

    Myself and my crews work for a federal land management agency. There would be no way for them per policy to carry a firearm. I will not comment on whether or not I carry a firearm.

  2. #722
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    SABRE Frontiersman Bear Horn
    https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B06XSNLWSR/
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  3. #723
    Heck, it is not just the bears you have to beware of, even darn river otters:

    https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/wild...-for-culprits/
    Likes pretty much everything in every caliber.

  4. #724
    Quote Originally Posted by GJM View Post
    Heck, it is not just the bears you have to beware of, even darn river otters:

    https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/wild...-for-culprits/
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  5. #725
    Quote Originally Posted by GJM View Post
    Heck, it is not just the bears you have to beware of, even darn river otters:
    So what's the recommended defensive weapon and load for these micro-grizzlies?

  6. #726
    Quote Originally Posted by flyrodr View Post
    So what's the recommended defensive weapon and load for these micro-grizzlies?
    Look at the picture of the Fish and Game guys in the article — 12 gauge!
    Likes pretty much everything in every caliber.

  7. #727
    Quote Originally Posted by GJM View Post
    Look at the picture of the Fish and Game guys in the article — 12 gauge!
    Decades ago (used to be a fisheries biologist), we had set some nets in a river as part of some population studies, and unintentionally drowned an otter. Having never held one, I was amazed at the size, and, moreso, the weight. They are not small, are solid muscle, and have grizzly-like teeth (well, yes, to scale, but they're clearly not designed for eating salads). I'd hate to have to rely on a .22 pistol with the first couple of rounds being snake shot, which is what I was carrying.

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    Likes pretty much everything in every caliber.

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    Quote Originally Posted by GJM View Post
    Wow. A lot of lessons in that one.
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  10. #730
    Quote Originally Posted by GJM View Post
    Not super familiar with big hip iron but caliber and shroud suggest Taurus. I wonder if he was using a rifle of equal "quality"

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