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DarylS
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Re: Shooting Distance on Dangerous Game.
13/01/21 06:01 AM

Interesting chart, RIPP.
Black bears and grizzlies have top speeds of about 35 MPH - & they get to that speed VERY quickly from a standing start ie: 56 kph.

When I was in the Jr. Forest Ranges in Northern Ontario, we were headed to town on the school bus and drove behind a black bear on the road for about 2 miles. That bear was running an even 35mph, never slowing down, and constantly swinging it's head side to side to see us. It looked like it was loping along. Finally it turned off the road and ran through a sea of young aspen trees, never slowing down. We could follow it's progress through the trees by the sounds of breaking off trees (windows all down) and the visual of the falling saplings. These trees looked to be about 1" to 1 1/2" in diameter.
So - yeah - you won't outrun a bear, no more than you could outrun a dog.

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Daryl

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Shooting Distance on Dangerous Game.	Ripp	13/01/21 02:29 AM
Re: Shooting Distance on Dangerous Game.	Rule303	13/01/21 12:21 PM
Re: Shooting Distance on Dangerous Game.	DarylS	13/01/21 02:55 PM
Re: Shooting Distance on Dangerous Game.	NitroX	13/01/21 02:39 AM
Re: Shooting Distance on Dangerous Game.	Ripp	13/01/21 04:10 AM
Re: Shooting Distance on Dangerous Game. DELETED DELETED	grandveneur	13/01/21 05:00 AM
Re: Shooting Distance on Dangerous Game.	DarylS	13/01/21 06:01 AM
Re: Shooting Distance on Dangerous Game.	Ripp	13/01/21 08:28 AM

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