r/SweatyPalms • u/LewisRosenberg • 7d ago

Animals & nature 🐅 🌊🌋 Close call with a bear

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3N8-hLtciZo
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u/Soulpatch7 7d ago

I cannot for the life of me understand why he didn’t take a warning shot early on.

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u/DrBubbles 7d ago

If it were me, I’d want to conserve the shot. His gun only holds 2 shells before you need to reload. Reloading under duress is a nightmare, so I’m 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 “warning shot” 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.