Large Bears Big Enough to Kill People

Hello,
I got information on a bear killing in Alaska in e-mail. Apparently, it is based on the story below:

http://www.bigfishtackle.com/cgi-bin/gforum/gforum.cgi?post=551692;

However, an investigator of sorts, I Guess, reported the following:

http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl-grizzlybear5.htm

Either way, the bear's paw and the bear were large in the 2 pictures that I saw. As for the world's record, the bear was only 10 feet, 6 inches long. Nonetheless, what do you do if a bear such as this charges you in the wild? I don't know about all guns, but could a 338 caliber Winchester Magnum be used to kill this size of a bear? What about a 7mm Magnum semi-automatic rifle?

Originally posted by KingOnPoint
Hello,
I got information on a bear killing in Alaska in e-mail. Apparently, it is based on the story below:

http://www.bigfishtackle.com/cgi-bin/gforum/gforum.cgi?post=551692;

However, an investigator of sorts, I Guess, reported the following:

http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl-grizzlybear5.htm

Either way, the bear's paw and the ...[text shortened]... ester Magnum be used to kill this size of a bear? What about a 7mm Magnum semi-automatic rifle?

You die.

http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/bearhunt.asp

From the interview, it wasn't even attacking or menacing - just another case of "if it moves, shoot it".

So the topic title should be about people killing bears, not bears killing people?

Seemed to me it was the bear which was on the receiving end of all the danger. 😕

Hunting animals for sport is abhorrent.

Originally posted by divegeester
Hunting animals for sport is abhorrent.

Sport? Ya if they (both the animal and "man"😉 each had a paintball gun or Nerf bow and arrows.

Originally posted by Great Big Stees
Sport? Ya if they (both the animal and "man"😉 each had a paintball gun or Nerf bow and arrows.

I do suppose claws and teeth versus bullets is a little one-sided.

Originally posted by Suzianne
I do suppose claws and teeth versus bullets is a little one-sided.

Yes and then there's distance too...not much hand to hand combat although then, in most instances, the advantage does swing in one direction...bad animals.

Edit: When I go hiking where I know there could be bears, wolves, coyotes or any other beasty that might do me harm, I use a bell or sing or do something to "advise" them of my presence and this is fairly common knowledge, most wild animals don't want to interact with us.