Talk:Brown bear

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Cool, I like this website, Its got a lot of info!

Section Clarification: History of defense from bears

AK DNR website states, Select a gun that will stop a bear (12-gauge shotgun or .300 mag rifle).

From my research, large caliber handguns (ie. 45, 44 magnum, ...) are suitable only for the smaller (black) bears.  And brown bears require the larger 300 hunting rifles or 12-gauge shotguns.  Although there is much hype about using a smaller gun to kill a bear, it's usually because the bear was sitting still or a very very lucky shot with plenty of time.

From the first paragraph of this section, pepper spray is too heavily stated here.  I'm speaking from experience on using pepper spray, if any bear was in a full adrenline attack mode, they'll probably stick it where the sun doesn't shine before they back off -- or consider it seasoning due to the untrained person spraying into the wind.  But if used by a trained person very tactfully, it might more effective then a gun.

There are some other interesting aspects I've learned from past discussions and observances.&nbsp Such as, black bears typically run away where brown bears tend to get curious.  Black bears, although rarely attack, if they do attack then they have a tendancy to stalk, attack and eat you whole.  Which is opposite of Brown Bears, where they attack, but leave.

Hiking is a popular sport in the western North America and would be nice to see self protection options more clarified for Brown Bears, Grizzly Bears, Black Bears, and then Mountain Loins/Cats wikipedia articles. For example, what to do if attacked -- which differ from each of the prior mentioned predator animals.

Another possible influence, it's possible the person writing this section in the past lived in California where they do not have the larger brown bears, hence, recommendation of a handgun.  From my experience, it's illegal to carry a handgun while in a park in California, but when you ask the rangers, they might say something like "... yea it's illegal... (pause) ... but we're not responsible for you when you go hiking out of the campsite areas." or something similar.

Another benefit of clarifying self-protection options within this section, there is much misinformation -- this appears to be a good central location to document here instead of relying on asking questions or word-of-mouth! roger (talk) 07:44, 6 June 2011 (UTC)

Gobi bear

Where to include the Gobi bear in this article? --chinneeb-talk 19:33, 15 February 2012 (UTC)