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Originally Posted by Nirvana58
 . Yeah the 9 is just going to piss the bear off. |
You would have to be beyond lucky to drop a grizzly with a 9. I guess if you could get a round in the eye, it would work, good luck.
There is a place I used to fish that had bear tunnels running through the thick brush, along with a bunch of moose. I had a fly rod in one hand my 45/70 guide rifle in the other, loaded with Garrett 570gr hard cast rounds. You had the noise of the creek, combined with very limited visibility.
Bottom line, if a bear was by the creek, there is a good chance you would run into it at very close range.
I got to the point where I said the hell with this, there are plenty of other good fishing spots in the area with better visibility. I do everything I can to try to avoid having to drop a grizzy, because if I do, I will have a Game Warden crawling up my ass with a microscope, because of their "endangered" status.
They haven't been endangered for 20 years, and are in fact, grossly over populated. Every time Montana tries to delist them, tree hugger's get worked up, take it to court and some panty waste judge in San Francisco sides with the hugger's.