r/canadaguns • u/dke783 • May 07 '26

Shooting Have you ever had a bear incident?

Post image

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? ​​

133 Upvotes

97% Upvoted

115 comments sorted by

View all comments

43

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

30

u/NeruLight May 07 '26

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

17

u/Whispersfine May 07 '26

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

7

u/NeruLight May 07 '26

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

6

u/Whispersfine May 07 '26

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

5

u/theservman on May 07 '26

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

5

u/RealTurbulentMoose May 07 '26

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

3

u/theservman on May 07 '26

Probably my most positive contribution...