> Carrying a gun for bears is the same self preservation technique as carrying a > dive knife for sharks. A bear/shark charges me, I'm wounding my paddling / > dive partner......... Depends on the gun. A 15" T/C Encore in .416 Rigby is still a "handgun". But it is perfectly adequate for any bear. [shot placement is still important to *stop* the bear] You might break your wrist shooting it, but thats a different story... You've got to choose your method of dealing with these situations intelligently though. If you can't shoot offhand well, forget the gun. If you can't be passive when under attack, don't choose the play dead approach. If you can't be aggressive when in pain, don't choose the aggressive response approach. Know yourself, then use your head. No method is 100% effective. Any method can be 0% effective if used by someone with inappropriate personal characteristics. Richard Walker Houston, TX *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Sep 03 1998 - 09:16:39 PDT
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