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Grizzly Bears are Migrants to the Lower 48

Grizzly bears were not in the lower 48 states in North America before humans. Humans were here first.

Pistols & Shotgun Against Wyoming Grizzly, October 19, 2010 FOIA

In Wyoming, three men used a pistol and a shotgun to stop an attacking grizzly bear, as they were recovering an elk. It was self-defense.

WY: Fish Creek Bear Attack 2010: Savage 99 .308 and Taurus Tracker .41

On August 14, 2010, a grizzly bear charged two people in an unprovoked attack near Fish Creek on WY Forest Service Rd 693. The bear was stopped with gunfire a few feet from the people.

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Man with Bear Spray Killed by Grizzly Near Yellowstone Park

An experienced Montana outdoorsman had bear spray but was attacked and killed by a grizzly bear near Yellowstone Park on 15 April 2021.

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Tanner Allen, Bear Defense in NW Wyoming, .41 Magnum Single Action

In August of 2009, Tanner Allen had to use his .41 magnum single action to shoot a charging grizzly bear in self defense, in the Shoshone National Forest.

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Grizzly Bear Defense, Bryan Berg, 17 September, 2017, Bob Marshall Wilderness, MT

Some inner voice, or unconscious feeling, caused him to turn around and look. He had heard nothing, smelled nothing, at least nothing consciously. That is when he saw the big boar grizzly.

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Why Requiring Hunters to Carry Bear Spray is a Bad Idea

The Idaho Fish and Game Commission decided not to mandate the carry of bear spray by hunters. It was the right decision. Bear spray has not been shown to be more effective than firearms.

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Throwing Pistol and Running Fails to Stop Grizzly Bear Attack on Guide

Hunting guide Mark Uptain was attacked and killed by a grizzly bear. His client was injured, but reportedly threw a pistol to Mark before running away from the scene.

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SCI & NRA Defend Grizzly Delisting In MT Court Hearing: UPDATE Court Blocks Hunt

As of the date of the publication of this article, the grizzly bear hunts set to begin in Wyoming and Idaho on Sept. 1, 2018, are still scheduled to go forward.

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RMEF, Sportsmen’s Alliance File Brief in Support of Yellowstone Grizzly Management

Despite the emotional rhetoric of the animal rights crowd, the time has come to return this population of bears to state management.

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Grizzly Bear Charge Stopped with a .44 Magnum ~ VIDEO

Lorenz originally filmed grizzlys without carrying a pistol. His mother insisted that he start carrying a .44 magnum a decade earlier..

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MT: Pheasant Hunter Kills Charging Grizzly with 12 Gauge

11 year old Elliot Clark killed this charging grizzly with a shotgun in Alaska in July of 2017.  He used a 12 gauge shotgun.

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