Random Thought Thread

All's well that ends well

My contractor stopped by this morning to check if there were any structural issues or serious damage, there wasn't, and he was able to button things back up in no time. Nice to catch a break.

I had forgotten that we had a "Red Alert" Tornado Warning last week in the middle of the night...which had us going downstairs with the dog and sleeping in the bedroom set up down there. That may have been the wind conditions which dislodged things. (Or the earth quake tremors from around the same time.)

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Fonedork said:
Hey colorblind people, what does a tiger look like?
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Probably the same as this tiger.

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ferider said:
Is it true that if you'd ever have to shoot a bear (god forbid), a conventional bullet would be better than a Hollow Point? Idle coffee thoughts .....
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Depends on the bear.

Most black bears are small and not tough. A hollow point is perfectly fine and I actually prefer if that is all that’s around. I usually alternate a hollow point and hard cast in my mags if just in black bear areas.

Grizzlies, that’s a different story. When we are around them it’s hard cast all the time.
 
Just an fyi for those wondering about big bears. It is frigging amazing how much ground a bear can cover in a short time. A bear has a slow heart rate and can cover distance before it realizes it that the heart is not pumping more blood. Most DLP shooting are not from being attacked, but rather someone got scared or irritated about something a bear was doing (like raiding chicken coop). Brown bears move their heads side to side when running fast- pretty cool to see. Some bear mauling victims never had time to draw a weapon or get a round off (even very experienced outdoorsman). For all of the fantastic stories of using a .22 successfully on a brown bear, there are lots of stories of bears taking quite a few rounds from very potent rifles.
Again, this is not the same topic as guiding for bears or going into the brush to finish off a wounded one- that is a whole different set of nads!

Just some thoughts🤣
 
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