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Originally Posted by Sliver
I've been on a couple of camping trips where we hiked into the middle of nowhere and I actually thought we were being kind of ######ed to not have firearms with us. If an animal came at me (cougar, bear, moose, whatever) I'd prefer to shoot it than to take a chance on it hurting me.
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I'm torn on this one. I understand the logic behind it, but when you've got bear-about-to-tear-my-limbs-off adrenaline coursing through your veins, do you honestly think you'll be a good enough shot to put it down? Or is the more likely scenario that you miss entirely, or graze it enough to piss it off more. I can hit a target at a 100 yards no problem, but throw a set of antlers on it and my aim is all over the place. It would be 10-fold if it were something trying to attack me.
Secondly, you need some pretty good stopping power to put down a full grown bear. So now you're either hiking with a 303/30-06 strapped to your back, or jumping into concealed 45 territory.
Not saying I wouldn't feel better in the backwoods with a gun, I just don't know if it's really the answer it's made out to be.