At 11:16 AM 9/3/98 -0500, R. Walker wrote: >> 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 >*************************************************************************** You still only have to be just a little faster than your partner. By the way take insurance out on them before the trip. Dana *************************************************************************** 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 - 09:34:25 PDT
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