10mm & a Kodiak Bear

[tellico4x4]

Hunter Uses Handgun To Finish Off Angry,… | Cowboy State Daily

When Tyce Erickson was charged by an enraged 1,000-pound Kodiak bear, he dropped it with three shots from his Smith & Wesson handgun. He swears by the gun…

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[OakHillHunter]

I love my 10mm it's what i carry as a side arm during deer season.

 

[Andy S.]

Unbelievable experience and outcome, thanks for sharing. I can't imagine the adrenaline and blood pressure readings during the last minute or so, before the bear collapsed. On a different note, I suspect the second rifle shot fired by the guide that hit the chest "helped" the situation and outcome more than the story leads one to belief. I'd like to know caliber of rifle as well.

"As they skinned the huge carcass out, they surmised that Ryan's rifle shot had struck it in the chest."

 

[Hduke86]

Man ol man that would be the last time I'd step foot over there to hunt. That could've been the last trip any of them ever made.

 

[AT Hiker]

I got to fire my 10mm a couple times on Kodiak. Fortunately, it was to deter the big brown bears not defend myself. BB even fired his big rifle at a couple.

I just remember coming through the thick brush and hearing a bear explode out. Thankfully he flanked us instead of coming at us. I would have sworn he was 1,000lbd hearing and seeing him run through the brush like a bull dozer out of control. Nope, seen him later on the beach and he appeared to be a younger male.

I have zero desire to hunt one on that island, I'm hoping we have a mutual agreement to not eat each other.

 

[backyardtndeer]

I will probably never get to go to grizzly bear country, but I want a 10 mm. That would have been a hunt of a lifetime for anyone. From the story, it sounds like the hunter really needed more practice, first rifle shot hit the bear in the leg....

 

[tellico4x4]

Guy had some gonads to crawl thru the thicket TOWARDS the bear to get a shot. Have seen guys get too shook up having a bull elk up close that they couldn't pull bow back, let alone a giant pissed bear

 

[tellico4x4]

Now, this guy had basketball size 'nads imo!

 

[Buzzard Breath]

For the longest time, I always thought that if I ever did a high $$$ hunt it would be for Kodiak brown bears. But, after dealing with them and seeing a real tank of a bear on our next to last day on Kodiak, I realized that they deserve to be at the top of the food chain. Now, I've got zero desire to hunt them.

 

[FLTENNHUNTER1]

10MM is good but 44 mag is better. Both are marginal for bears bigger than black bears.

 

[Lt.Dan]

I carry a .357 S&W for black bear when I hunt. I couldn't imagine trying that against a grizzly or Kodiak