r/canadaguns • u/dke783 • May 07 '26

Shooting Have you ever had a bear incident?

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Honest question: have you ever had to fend off an aggressive bear in Canada? (hunting or otherwise) What happened,​ and what worked for your response? ​​

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u/NefariousNatee May 07 '26

Before firearms come into equation..

Pertaining to bears.

If it's brown lay down > If it's black fight back > if it's white say goodnight

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u/NeruLight May 07 '26

Looooool in before someone mentions the little old native lady taking down a grizzly with a .22

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u/Whispersfine May 07 '26

That fucking internet crystal meth convinced so many gun noobs around me that .22s are powerful and destructive.

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u/Uncle_Ted_1942 May 07 '26

It’s a mix of fudds saying “it’ll bounce around in yer skull and kill ya extra!” And tacticool dudes saying .22 is as dangerous as a Red Ryder. Powerful and destructive? Not really. Still deadly though even on larger animals, it’s just you’d rather something bigger and more powerful so there isn’t a huge risk of maiming them

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u/justinsurette May 08 '26

So, while it’s still a significant penetrating injury, is it immediately fatal? Not so much as a .300winmag or .12g slug or similar cartridge, my neighbor (asshole) shot my dog with a .22 (Akita) he told me he must have missed but he won’t next time so keep him off his property…. I don’t know the details of why he was so pissed about my dog because he was a big cuddly belly rub suck hole and the neighbor was a legit asshole, anyway, he didn’t miss, he hit him right above his eye and the round passed completely through his ear and out the back, (the vet stuck one of those long wooden stick q-tips through and it poked out the other side, had to irrigate and put him on antibiotics) if it was any other round than a .22 my dog would likely be dead…… (he has been gone a long time now but lived to be almost 14) so, as a line of defence a .22 is the last choice even with a 30round magazine full of quality high velocity hollow points, you could stitch a bear right the fuck up to the point where it’s gonna die but there a good chance the bastard is taking you with him……

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u/NeruLight May 07 '26

Did you know that .22 is fatal out to two miles though? 😆

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u/Whispersfine May 07 '26

Yea man. My poop is probably also very lethal if I take a dump from 3000 miles high. 😂

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u/theservman on May 07 '26

3000 miles? It'll burn up in the upper atmosphere and make a pretty flash.

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u/RealTurbulentMoose May 07 '26

"Did you see that bright flash, son? That's theservman, pooping down on us from space."

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u/theservman on May 07 '26

Probably my most positive contribution...

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u/Eyeronick May 07 '26

🎵 chocolate rain 🎶

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u/fungus_bunghole May 07 '26

Well to be fair Ukraine is winning the war with our confiscated .22s

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u/mywaaaaife May 07 '26

I've heard enough, send them another 300 billion.

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u/lonegrey May 07 '26

Society has taught me that they are black and scary and WMD ...

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u/One_Salary_9068 May 07 '26

.22 are the new 45-70 🤌🏼

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u/Q-Ball7 In the end, it's taxes all the way down May 07 '26

.22 is, functionally, just a single pellet of #4 buckshot.

If #4 buck can kill it, so can a .22.

Now sure, you have a much better chance with #4 buckshot because each trigger pull gets you 25 of them at the same time. But it's not actually more powerful on a per-projectile basis.

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u/Whispersfine May 07 '26

The kinetic energy tho, is very very different. 25 or most of the 25 pellets all together killed the bear. Not 1 of the 25.

A relevant comparison would be 25 single shot 22 shooting at the bear at same time. I would say, ya maybe you’ll have a better chance.

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u/SpinachStunning5547 May 07 '26

10/22 goes brttttt

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u/Whispersfine May 07 '26

I am very sorry to inform you that A180 is prohibited in Canada.

Please turn yourself in at your earliest convenience.