animal encounter

>>28433384
You Stupid FUCK, unless you live near a large population of Grizzly Bears you don't need to shoot bear, ever. You most likely live in the lower United States, which means you probably saw a Black Bear. You realize you can scare away a black bear by yelling at it, or banging pans. At the most, you have to shoot in the air. If it does come down to a bear charging you, even this magnum wont help you.

>>28433496
you probably believe that moose are docile creatures as well and that if they attack you "you're provoking them"

>>28433384
I've never seen a scary critter

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I bought same gun.
Why yours all scratched though?

Why not a 500 or 454?

>>28433557
.44mag is a classic, a gentleman's round and a 629 is big and heavy and expensive enough as is.

>>28433557
Another reason to not go with a supermagnum is that by the time your pistol reaches that size you'd might as well just get a Micro-Draco instead and have 30 rifle rounds instead of 5 handgun rounds.

>>28433596
>.44mag is a classic, a gentleman's round
Here's a scary critter for you OP: the elusive fuddora

Buncha dickless losers

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bear have moved into my county so i bought this as a 21st birthday present to me

>>28433689
What will a heavier S&W 500 with 5 shots do that a .44mag with 6 shots won't?
>nothing
Furthermore, .44mag is widely available with plenty of commercial hunting loads and reloading supplies available at a moments notice.

.50AE is a clown caliber and while I have nothing against .500mag or .454casul they don't really bring anything else to the table. My .44mag is loaded with +p 300 grain slugs and will drop anything on the north American continent.
Furthermore, the gun is for backpacking. I've paid thousands of dollars for clothing/tenting/gear that is lighter and better because when you're hiking several thousand feet elevation changes the .44mag is already heavier.

>>28433701
I am the biggest baddest thing in the forest and always be. Nothing against bear spray and it's true that keeping a proper campsite will all but eliminate the threats that bear generally bring. However, I will be the biggest baddest thing in the jungle and you will not be. You dickless loser.

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Super Redhawk because skinwalkers and the dog man

>>28433773
>clown caliber
>meme gun
>special snowflake round
>pocket sand
Things that noguns say

I bought my first AR when black people moved next door

>>28433496
Kill yourself you worthless subhuman

>>28433830
>skinwalkers
Why the fuck did you have to remind me of skinwalkers?

I'm always uneasy meeting strangers innawoods.

>>28433899
Hope you bought a safe too lol.

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>>28433384

Rumor has it that there are cougar south of me. MN DNR says they aren't there, but everyone else says they are.

>>28433978
Jesus, that mismatched furniture and untrimmed but plate.

>>28433978
>MN DNR says they aren't there
That's a pretty damn good indication that they are.

>>28434000

Why the fuck must you all try to drive me to the ultimate conclusion? WHY DO YOU WANT ME TO HAVE AN ADJUSTABLE STOCK?

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>>28433543
i bought mine used and i have used it as a woods gun for 2 years now

>>28433641
with bears stopping power really matters. if you are talking about a 20 round vepr or PSL that's a viable option.

>>28433768
that's pretty sweet

>>28433978
i saw a cougar once on a bluff when I was a kid, scared the shit out of me.

>>28434019
>That's a pretty damn good indication that they are.

Really? I mean, I know the government lies, but.. the DNR does too?

>>28434035
i've had DNR tell me no shooting on any land anywhere while at the same time standing on public land where it's 100% legal and other DNR officers have told me it's ok

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>>28433978
>MN DNR
Yep, fuck 'em, they told me there was no black bear up in Cass County near my farm, and Lord behold I had one bum rush me. My gramps gave me his S&W .500 as a gift to deal with those fucking bears though. Pic related.

>>28434145
>they told me there was no black bear up in Cass County near my farm

Uh.. I'm placing that on you. Fucking everyone knows there's bear up there. I haven't been up there in years and I know it.

http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/mammals/blackbear.html

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>>28434025
thanks. i love it and the strange looks i get at the range

>>28433384
You live somewhere there is bears you should have already had a bear stopper. I bet you won't think about a CC until I make sweet love to that butthole behind the 7-11.

>>28434198
It was my first time in MN, I had just acquired the land from my Grandfather and had little to no knowledge about the area. Had a DNR officer come up and talk to me near a lake I was looking at fishing on. I honestly think he blatantly lied to me when I asked him that. That's Minnesota nice for ya.

>>28433978
I've never heard of cats that size in MN.
Coyotes I hear about them now even in the cities.

>>28434405
North MN is one of the most densely populated areas with black bears. There was a news story a while back of one catching some hunters and the guy getting mauled managed to stop it with a glocknade.