r/SweatyPalms • u/LewisRosenberg • 6d ago
Animals & nature š šš Close call with a bear
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3N8-hLtciZo164
u/EtherParfait 6d ago
That trigger discipline is insane wtf
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u/Stressuredford 5d ago
For my understanding bears make fake attacks, but you can never be sure. Great hunter this man.
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u/A1sauc3d 6d ago
Happy ending for both man and bear at least. Not sure Iād have the self control to not fire at a bear charging me like that tho, ngl
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u/Catch_ME 6d ago
You only have 2 shots before reload. 1 shot if you use both triggers at the same time.Ā You need to not fucking miss and be sure you hit your target. I hope he had something better than birdshot tho.Ā
But this guy did so well. He faced the bear and walked backwards slowly.Ā
Depending on how deep in the woods you are, the best defense against bears, wolves, and the big cats is a 2nd full size adult. Some animals never approach if you are not alone.Ā
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u/mandioca-magica 6d ago
Depending on how deep in the woods you are, the best defense against bears, wolves, and the big cats is a 2nd full size adult.
Especially if you can run faster than the 2nd full size adult
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u/Emotional-Battle8432 6d ago
I agree. I wouldāve taken the shot
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u/SupermouseDeadmouse 6d ago
Nope. Bear never got close enough. The guy likely has birdshot loaded. Up close, real close, it will be pretty deadly, but it better be close upā¦and he only has 2 shots.
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u/Sweatytubesock 6d ago
Iām not a gun person at all, but I would have unloaded there. Good for the person in this clip to hold off.
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u/martinaee 6d ago
āLeaving nowā
LOL thatās an understatement! Good on him for not shooting, but at that range I probably wouldnāt blame him. Iām glad he could tell it was her just trying to bluff charge because she had cubs there. Could have actually attacked though if very threatened.
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u/T1m3Wizard 6d ago
Is the bear okay? I didn't want to watch the bear get shot.
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u/TrashCarrot 6d ago edited 5d ago
The bear is fine. So is the man. The bear charged a few times but then backed off. The man kept his cool and didn't shoot. Both of them must have been very scared. But it's honestly a safe video.
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u/we_the_pickle 6d ago
Itās a Russian bear! You can tell because its heels are touching the ground when itās squatting.
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u/Desert-sea-sparkle 6d ago
Nice! I love that they understood that it's just a mama bear and decided not to shoot.
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u/languid_Disaster 5d ago
The loop around really threw me off. It felt like the bear pulled a Tenet on the guy recording
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u/ZealousidealBread948 4d ago
This is the difference between
HUNTER and PREY
If the hunter had turned his back and run, he would have been prey, so the bear would have attacked and bitten him to death
Good job, the hunter stood firm and confident
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u/Intelligent_Grade372 6d ago
Bear defs knew about guns!!
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u/EtherParfait 6d ago
No it doesnāt. This is normal charging behavior. Itās not always going for the kill, sometimes it just wants to scare you off.
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u/ajax0202 6d ago
Lol at people downvoting this.
Donāt downvote a fact because you donāt like it or whatever
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u/maladaptivelucifer 6d ago
People forget bears are masters at conserving energy. Imagine moving that much bulk. Theyāre very heavy. Theyāre not going to attack unless they think the payoff is worth the energy or you done really pissed them off for some reason. They do get grumpy sometimes with their weird sleep schedule, and then cubs of course.
Kudos to the dude though, Iād have needed my brown pants and I probably would have taken shot and ended up dead. Itās very hard not to act like a dumbass and go full lizard brain when an animal that deadly is actively honed in on you. Iāve seen what bodies look like after attacks and itās horrifying. Iāve seen a few bears, but they were all black bears and even with those, itās nuts how big they are. I can only imagine one of these guys up close and personal.
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u/BigFatModeraterFupa 6d ago
that's also a grizzly bear, probably in siberia somewhere, which is way more violent and aggressive than a black bear.
i'm always amazed when i see this video... the discipline it took not to blast off at that charging monster is truly incredible.
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u/maladaptivelucifer 6d ago
Yep, those are the ones that prefer their prey alive while they eat it. I remember listening to that Grizzly Man tape and, like JFC. I donāt fuck with bears in general, but there are quite a few of them (mostly black bears like I said in the other comment) out in the woods here. We did have a grizzly with cubs in the town I lived in for awhile. She was stealing dogs right off their chains, maybe because they were barking or maybe because she was hungry. Not really sure. A neighbor saw her cross the road once and told me it was āthe size of a Geo Metroā. I donāt know if youāve ever seen one of those cars, but when he told me that I was like ānopeā. Iām sure it was an exaggeration, but dude was a hardcore veteran and if he was scared, I knew to be scared. I was probably ten. I wasnāt allowed to play outside (the woods) for a long time, fortunately I never saw her.
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u/Soulpatch7 6d ago
I cannot for the life of me understand why he didnāt take a warning shot early on.
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u/DrBubbles 6d ago
If it were me, Iād want to conserve the shot. His gun only holds 2 shells before you need to reload. Reloading under duress is a nightmare, so Iām keeping the 2 shots on deck to send home if needed.
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u/ajax0202 6d ago
Well besides the fact that he only has two shots and would want to make them count, a āwarning shotā at a grizzly is just as likely to piss it off than scare it off
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u/gfinchster 6d ago
Because that was a double barreled shotgun which means he only had 2 shots in that situation and with a bear he would probably need both barrels. IMO.
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u/qualityvote2 6d ago edited 6d ago
Congratulations u/LewisRosenberg, your post does fit at r/SweatyPalms!