Polar bear

Grob said:
I have a feeling my areas of expertice on this issue are the oposit of most people here. I dont know to much about guns but I do know a fare bit about polar bears. If this were any other type of bear I would no bring a gun, all other types of bear understand that humans are dangerous and are to be avoided. Polar bears understand that humans are soft and meaty. Depending on the time of year he is going and his distance from the ocean his odds of encountering a Polar bear are not something to be worried about. Out on the ice is in the winter and on land in the summer is where most Polar bears go.

When I was up there we carried 30-30 and I think it was plenty. Bear in mind that if you cant scare it off by firing into the air (the first thing you should do) you need to hit it in the head unless you are carrying an elephant gun loaded with depleted uranium rounds. Its hard to truely apreciat the size of thoes things untill you see one in person. The best comparison is: imagin the difference between a grizly and a black bear, that is about the differnce between a Polar bear and a grizly.

I hope your freind does see one from a decent distance, a polar bear is one of the most noble, beautiful, powerful things I have ever seen. I also hope your freind isnt trigger happy enough to shoot such an amazing animal out of fear when it is not nessisary.

Gord
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Here is a picture of a polar bear attacking a nuclear submarine. :eek:

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Read the story here:
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n2s
 
subs are quite tastey to a bear, once you get the shell off.

we were up in the ice pack once with a mini-sub, one of them scientific studies on the mating habits of walrus. they spent weeks trying, but never managed to get a good video of them do'in it. the local bears would come by to see what was going on. big fellers. captain made us all go inside so's not to provoke the bears - our icebreaker's freeboard wasn't all that much if he wanted to visit...
 
The gun that has killed more Polar bears in Alaska than any other gun....

a measly .223. The Natives love 'em for some reason, and irregardless of what a person may think, the Natives have a CRAP LOAD of M-16's, courtesy of Uncle Sam and the Cold War.

They typically build an ice wall, and pop out in front of it, shoot it in the head a few times.

Just an interesting little tidbit...

As far as us normal folks....

a pump 12 with the heaviest slugs you can get, or a Marlin 1894 in 45/70.

If you go with a shotgun, use SLUGS NOT BUCKSHOT. There's an awful lotta ignorance that goes around with shotguns and bears. Due to thier low weight and crappy ballistic co-efficient, buckshot often times won't go far at all beneath a bears skin. Some people carry Birdshot to "blind the bear by shooting it's face and scare it off" Great idea...shoot a bear in the face, p!ss it off, and leave some other poor SOB to deal with it.

SLUGS SLUGS SLUGS!!!!

Yours truly and unopinionatedly,

Mike:D
 
Runs With Scissors said:
The gun that has killed more Polar bears in Alaska than any other gun....

a measly .223. The Natives love 'em for some reason, and irregardless of what a person may think, the Natives have a CRAP LOAD of M-16's, courtesy of Uncle Sam and the Cold War.

They typically build an ice wall, and pop out in front of it, shoot it in the head a few times.
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Then I would forget about the gun, and just take an eskimo:) Something about that makes me chuckle. You have the image of the natives of alaska wearing their fur lined hooded parkas with a spear and fishing pole and their 500 words for snow. All silly, but what do you have to go on when all you have is cartoons for the 1940's for education on these great peoples? A "cammo" snow wall and popping out with an M-16 to pop out and cap Nanuk a few times Chuck Norris style. Than one's going in the data banks to drop as FYI at parties.

Guy: "Hey Jake! Long time no see! This is my wife, Jan."
Me: "Did you know Eskimos use M-16s to hunt polar bears?"
Jan: "My God, you stud! Let me leave this loser, and go home with you!"
Me: "Sorry, ma'am. My fun facts already belong to another."
Jan: runs away sobbing now that Steely has broken yet another heart
Guy: "Dude!:mad: "
Me: "pwnd, playa!"
Guy: bursts into flames at my awesomenss
Then GWB and Einstein come strolling in to give me $74 in cash and a key to the moon.

...er, what were we talking about again?:)

Jake
 
my line was at least two levels
billy is gone but not forgotten
billy is also a relative (third or fourth cousin by marriage)
jimmy is the black sheep of the family, we don't talk 'bout him.
 
Esav Benyamin said:
... but Einstein is DEAD.
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Perhaps you missed this part, Esav:)
Guy: bursts into flames at my awesomenss
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Besides, Einstein is not dead. He lives on the moon with a bionic hamster with the reincarnated brain of Freud. That's why he gave me a key to the moon, so i could come and chill with him some time. Ya know, hang out, eat pizza, watch cinemax through the scrambled lines, and help him get past this part of Super Mario Brothers that he is stuck on. He just got sick of everyone asking him about relativity all the time. Sheesh, the guy was a master of quantum mechanics and all people wanted to talk about was E=MC2...and his I-don't-really-give-a-crap bedhead.
How is he still alive? Actually, Eistein found a time stream that allows the world (and universe) around him to move in a state of hyper time. It'll take millions of years before ol' Al even ages a day. With all this time he was able to figure out a way open wormholes anywhere without ripping star systems apart. That's how he was able to give me the key to the moon. He has figured out a way to keep the time streams field around him at all times. He even figured out a way to slow things down do that we can see him (instead of him moving at near light speed). However, there are a few bugs to work out. Right now he looks like a silent movie where they had to hand crank the film. He moves about 2.7 times faster than he should, but it's cool. You oughta see him dance.

If anyone has a problem with my quantum physics, then they need to take it up with Al. This is all stuff that he told me:)

Jake
 
Astrodada said:
Jakey....your wife needs you in the kitchen..........
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Man, again!?!:mad: I've told her a thousand times that I need a little "me" time. Forget this. if anyone needs me I'll be on the moon shootin' BB guns with Al.:grumpy:

Jake
 
That's right; on the Moon, the BB is the Baddest around. They don't say, 'bb' with little mincing words, you get shot with a bb gun, and it's "BB, Baby, Boring a Hole Right Through Your Breastplate."





munk
 
Kevin the grey said:
22 caliber revolver and a hand grenade . The 22 is for you if you miss with the hand grenade . L:O:L
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22 to kneecap your companion before you run? :cool:

(Yes. Practice.:thumbup: )
 
I'm a little curious as to how the Innuit got M16s, unless (perhaps) they have been mechanically altered to be incapable of full-auto fire? Still, I am encouraged to think that Uncle Sam gives out small-bore assault rifles to indigenous natives in the great north, though a little baffled at the motives. I mean, hell, I think everyone should have firearms, and even I can't quite say I understand the logic. Border defense? Everyone knows how porous the Bering Strait is...

RWK, where did you get this information, again?

Everyone suggesting semi-autos may wish to consider that self-loading firearms may be more likely to balk in extreme cold. Also, they tend to be more fragile, or heavier. Neither sounds like a good idea.

Personally, I'd go with a good short-barreled 12 gauge with Brenneke slugs.

John
 
Spectre said:
I'm a little curious as to how the Innuit got M16s, unless (perhaps) they have been mechanically altered to be incapable of full-auto fire? Still, I am encouraged to think that Uncle Sam gives out small-bore assault rifles to indigenous natives in the great north, though a little baffled at the motives. I mean, hell, I think everyone should have firearms, and even I can't quite say I understand the logic. Border defense? Everyone knows how porous the Bering Strait is...

RWK, where did you get this information, again?

Everyone suggesting semi-autos may wish to consider that self-loading firearms may be more likely to balk in extreme cold. Also, they tend to be more fragile, or heavier. Neither sounds like a good idea.

Personally, I'd go with a good short-barreled 12 gauge with Brenneke slugs.

John
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You do see alot of Lee-Enfields up north in 303 British.
 
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