what would you do if a Grizzly Bear attacked your wife and you have no gun, would you fight the bear?
Keem
2009-10-06 06:09:46 UTC
if a Grizzly Bear came in your backyard and attacked your wife and you had no gun would you fight the bear?
23 answers:
Old Hickory
2009-10-06 06:17:03 UTC
I reckon
A real man would not sit by and let anybody get attacked with out doing something.
2016-05-21 09:01:56 UTC
The best weapon is a .357 or bigger handgun. Most parks do not allow weapons, but if you are going to be in an area where you think bears will be a problem it is best to protect yourself and not worry about a fine. Sprays work if the bear is not seriously wanting to harm you. Otherwise, no spray is going to deter the bear. Camp away from used bear trails and food sources. Hide your food or hang it in a tree. Stay away from cubs. Do not run. Running triggers a chase instinct and you will not out run a bear. If you are not an experienced shooter, leave the gun at home. A wounded bear will certainly kill. Play dead and be absolutely quiet. You may get bit or scratched, but once the bear realizes you are not food and not a threat he will most likely leave you alone. However, if hurt or protecting cubs, the bear will kill you. There is always the possibility of a rogue bear that is sick or just plain mean. In that case, you are just bear poop. You are more likely to be struck by lightening then attacked by a bear. However, you do not play golf in a thunderstorm. This being said, don't take unnecessary chances in bear territory.
bikermog
2009-10-06 12:38:07 UTC
i had a friend killed by a black bear several yrs ago in canada. she was moving to alaska with her son and they stopped at a hot spring to sight see. the bear attacked her, killed her, attacked her son and hurt him badly when he tried to help, attacked another man who tried to fight him off with a club or tree limb, and was finally killed by a man who shot the bear with a shotgun he had in the truck. the rangers who showed up said the bear was very old and was probably having a hard time finding enough food was why it attacked.
sorry, i know it sounds bad, but if a black bear can do that kind of damage, the grizzly is going to go it alone against the wife, if i'm unarmed! i can't rescue her if i'm dead!
oh, yea, the authorities arrested the man who shot the bear for not having a permit for the gun.
Rob M
2009-10-06 09:21:31 UTC
there are basicly 3 types of bear attacks. the first and most common is, you get between a bear and where it wants to go, and you get run over, fighting the bear in this case is pointless since its already leaving and you fighting it might cause it to come back. The second type is also extremely common is where you surprise a bear and it reacts instinctively and takes a swipe at you, it then almost always runs away. The same reason's you don't fight the bear in the first case apply here as well. the 3rd type is where you come across a bear and attack it first or it thinks your going after her cubs. You've already pissed off the bear and pretty much deserve what it does to you. Bears almost never go after people. And the situation you're describing is pretty much impossible. If you decide to fight a bear all thats going to happen is you're going to die with your wife
Brandon
2009-10-07 19:08:07 UTC
I wouldn't be in my back yard without a gun if I lived near Grizzly Bears, nor would my wife.
2009-10-06 09:20:48 UTC
I always have one or the other 10mms on me. Not the ideal weapon when it comes to a brown bear, but would serve some purpose. It'd be either 10 or 15 200gr Hydrashoks. I'm still single so it's tough to answer this hypothetical question.
2009-10-06 13:04:01 UTC
Only if the bear was winning the fight.
Frosty
2009-10-08 11:47:42 UTC
If i didnt have a gun, id find something else to use such as an axe or something.If nothing else was available,then yes i would try and save my wife.Id rather we die together than live with the fact that i couldve saved her and didnt...
acmeraven
2009-10-06 09:43:22 UTC
If a grizzly came into my back yard he would just have to take his chances; my wife just adores her HK91 with its drum magazine.
2009-10-06 10:58:17 UTC
yeah, get a spade or something, or hit it with my truck. then get my wife and get out of there.
hands-only i would die along with my wife, I'd need to get a weapon of some kind. luckily I have a mini crowbar in the truck at all times.
Really
2009-10-06 06:22:08 UTC
By the time I got to my wife she would be dead or very close to it. She is not the type of person who would want to live with her face ripped off.
Lets turn this question around. Lets say you and you wife were crossing a bridge and right in the middle she looks you in the eyes and tell you she know you cheated on her and your a real pig and she would rather be dead than to live with you for another second, then she jumps off the bridge. You left your net at home.
Are you going to jump after her?
I did not think so.
2009-10-06 07:51:39 UTC
Well I am only 15, but if I were older here is what I would do:
Stretch my arms and legs out so I would look much bigger then the bear, and I would also be very loud.
I am sure she would already know to play dead.
If it attacked me I would try to gouge its eyes and hit its nose, or get a cheap shot in.
ever vigilant
2009-10-06 07:04:41 UTC
Yup...no question...I'd get the help if a club and knife of some type..also set the dogs on it, maybe run the f++ker over with my truck.
Trust and Believe
2009-10-06 07:46:58 UTC
My dogs would deal with it. But then again, I have lots of guns so this is purely hypothetical .. really more like fantasy. Good times.
ewqw47468t8u
2009-10-06 07:25:16 UTC
i ALWAYS carry a Kimber Ultra Carry II loaded with 230 grain hydra shok hollow points...and one extra magazine...and im a hell of a shot with it, so that bear would be dead once i shot it through the eyes and in the mouth. but i aint got a wife so im good lol
kelly
2009-10-06 07:28:28 UTC
First of all, the chances of me not having a gun are pretty slim. Second "Do I love my wife?", and third "Is our insurance up to date?".....
Spades Of Columbia
2009-10-07 17:11:28 UTC
Find a stick and try to find the soft spot on his nose...battle to the death
Steel Rain
2009-10-06 10:21:17 UTC
My gun is like American Express I "don't leave home without it".
chris
2009-10-07 11:38:03 UTC
Has my wife let herself go yet?
EJ
2009-10-07 19:57:08 UTC
My wife? No way!
Now... if it was attacking my dog....
Snowball
2009-10-06 13:20:35 UTC
I'd kick it in the nads.
2009-10-06 07:03:26 UTC
i would never be in griz country without guns,,,my large knife ,
Ten Years Gone
2009-10-06 06:19:04 UTC
Yes think i would for the main reason that if you didnt youd feel you ****** up and never let it go.
I dunno maybe stab it with a spade or something
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