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When elk hunting, why would you use bear spray instead of a gun during a bear charge??
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<blockquote data-quote="dennishoddy" data-source="post: 3030331" data-attributes="member: 5412"><p>If you will note, the kid had his weapon at port arms vs the others having their guns on slings on their shoulders. That is where I got my comments in an earlier post as well as reading about two elk hunters in Montana being killed by a grizzly that surprised them while field dressing an elk. They were both killed while their rifles were leaned against a tree mere feet away. </p><p>Its pretty common in Griz country for one to field dress and the other to stand a 360 degree guard. Bears have learned to associate gunshots with gut piles, free food.</p><p>When I elk hunt in New Mexico, the bears are in hibernation, so we don't have a worry, but the ravens have learned the same thing. You can gut an elk, load out the carcass, come back in 4 hours and there is nothing left but the contents of the stomach.</p><p>There are a couple of members on this forum that can back this up and hunt with me for elk.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dennishoddy, post: 3030331, member: 5412"] If you will note, the kid had his weapon at port arms vs the others having their guns on slings on their shoulders. That is where I got my comments in an earlier post as well as reading about two elk hunters in Montana being killed by a grizzly that surprised them while field dressing an elk. They were both killed while their rifles were leaned against a tree mere feet away. Its pretty common in Griz country for one to field dress and the other to stand a 360 degree guard. Bears have learned to associate gunshots with gut piles, free food. When I elk hunt in New Mexico, the bears are in hibernation, so we don't have a worry, but the ravens have learned the same thing. You can gut an elk, load out the carcass, come back in 4 hours and there is nothing left but the contents of the stomach. There are a couple of members on this forum that can back this up and hunt with me for elk. [/QUOTE]
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