03-27-2009, 02:23 AM
I would definitely go with the sidearm. One of my college roommates father had an incident in alaska with a grizzly. While cleaning a bull moose a huge grizz came in on him and his buddy. He took his pistol off while gutting it and sure enough thats when the bear came in. The bear went after his buddy first, right as he got to him he fell over a log and the bear lost interest, and decided to go after my friends dad. Luckily that gave him enough time to get to his pistol. He shot the bear just before it got to him. Bear spray may have worked in that situation but I wouldn't have wanted to find out. I have a picture somewhere, if i can find it i'll post it on here.
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