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Ripp I remember reading the same of similar. I must confess when I spoke of DG I was thinking Africa where the shooting often starts at 30 yards or closer and for got about Bears. I have not hunted them but a mate tells me his guide said if the bear was coming at them, once it hit the 100 yard mark they would all be firing at it. Something like 3 seconds to close that gap, that is quick.

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100 yards or 91m in 3 seconds is a top speed of 109.2km/hr. Unless the bear was tied to the front of a Tesla S model bonnet I'm calling that claim BS.

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It may be a slight exaggeration but probably not that far off..
If a human can do it in 8.8 seconds, (see below)....humans don't hold a candle to a griz..Have never experienced a charge from a griz..have from a black bear or two..the flat out get after it..have to say the fastest charge I have ever personally witnessed was from a leopard ..insanely fast..could not believe my eyes..

Usain Bolt and the 100 Yard dash. Taking his 9.58 splits from 2009 WC in Berlin, Usain Bolt split 90 meters in 8.75. You can take his last 10m segment (0.83 sec) and multiply that by 0.144 to get 0.1195 seconds. That makes a grand total of 8.75 + 0.12 = 8.87 seconds for an approximate 100 yard dash.

To my knowledge the fast human is around 27MPH --griz in excess of 35mph closer to 40mph..that is smoking...have a friend who, while bow hunting come upon a young male griz on a kill..said he was about 30-40 yards off when he and the bear locked eyes..my friend stepped behind a tree and by the time he had his hand on his gun to pull it out of the holster the bear was beside the tree..not enough time to pull the handgun from the holster...I am old enough now to where I feel I will state, Never say never...within reason of course..

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