r/canadaguns 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/Halfbloodjap May 07 '26

Last night

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u/Kedive May 07 '26

Well name and shame him.

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u/Halfbloodjap May 07 '26

Whoops missed the aggressive part in the body text, but had a big bruiser of a boar pass about 2' from the doors of the hall last night during my kids archery program. He lives around the shooting range and is completely unbothered by gunshots/explosions, it took a bear banger going off about 3' from him to get him to leave the rifle range the other day. He's also the reason we can't leave our 3D targets outside, as he's attacked more than a few in the past

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u/Kedive May 07 '26

I thought you were making a gay bear joke

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u/Halfbloodjap May 07 '26

Lol didn't even think of that interpretation, but this bear is definitely a daddy