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3DogMike
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Re: Phil Shoemaker shoots bear with a 9mm handgun
17/03/20 12:18 PM

US Secretary of the Interior.......unbelievable. (Or actually totally believeable)

Edited from a news release:
Don’t Poke the Bear. Or Shoot it With a Paintball Gun. Really. .
Despite being from a place called Rifle, Colorado; the U.S. Secretary of the Interior has advised America’s outdoorsmen to use non-lethal, nuisance-based tools to shoo off pesky grizzly bears.

I’m not joking. Secretary David Bernhardt confirmed the new U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service guidance which recommends using “paintballs, noise-making projectiles, and visual deterrents” against bears. The Service also suggests using stones or marbles by way of a slingshot, as though it were a big furry Goliath.

I’m no wildlife expert, but let’s consider the ballistics here. At about 300 feet per second (the usual maximum FPS for a paintball marker), a paintball’s impact energy is about 12.5 Joules. Compare that to your typical 10 millimeter round, which would hit our furry friend with 960 Joules’ worth of energy. The problem is that if you poke the bear and don’t spook it, all you’ve got left is a very pissed off bear.

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Phil Shoemaker shoots bear with a 9mm handgun	NitroX	09/03/20 12:06 AM
Re: Phil Shoemaker shoots bear with a 9mm handgun	Ripp	09/03/20 02:51 AM
Re: Phil Shoemaker shoots bear with a 9mm handgun	Homer	10/03/20 07:07 AM
Re: Phil Shoemaker shoots bear with a 9mm handgun	458Win	15/03/20 03:55 AM
Re: Phil Shoemaker shoots bear with a 9mm handgun	Ripp	16/03/20 12:58 AM
Re: Phil Shoemaker shoots bear with a 9mm handgun	85lc	17/03/20 09:51 AM
Re: Phil Shoemaker shoots bear with a 9mm handgun	3DogMike	17/03/20 12:18 PM
Re: Phil Shoemaker shoots bear with a 9mm handgun	Rule303	17/03/20 07:52 PM
Re: Phil Shoemaker shoots bear with a 9mm handgun	mckinney	06/08/24 01:54 PM
Re: Phil Shoemaker shoots bear with a 9mm handgun	DarylS	17/03/20 08:39 PM
Re: Phil Shoemaker shoots bear with a 9mm handgun	458Win	18/03/20 06:22 PM
Re: Phil Shoemaker shoots bear with a 9mm handgun	NitroX	14/09/23 01:00 PM
Re: Phil Shoemaker shoots bear with a 9mm handgun	Ripp	17/03/20 02:25 PM
Re: Phil Shoemaker shoots bear with a 9mm handgun	LRF	14/09/23 09:50 PM
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Re: Phil Shoemaker shoots bear with a 9mm handgun	Louis	09/03/20 03:35 AM
Re: Phil Shoemaker shoots bear with a 9mm handgun	93x64mm	09/03/20 04:57 PM
Re: Phil Shoemaker shoots bear with a 9mm handgun	Rule303	09/03/20 10:01 AM
Re: Phil Shoemaker shoots bear with a 9mm handgun	DarylS	09/03/20 03:29 AM

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