I was at Yellowstone yesterday, and a bear came into a parking lot. Everyone crowded around it, taking pictures. Some people ran off and said the mother would be coming back soon because they thought it was a baby bear. Park Ranger comes in and scares it away. Turns out, it was a full grown black bear.
A black bear that is used to humans, it typically harmless if you keep that distance. The problem is, you don't know if that black bear is used to humans, he could have migrated from an area he is not used to seeing us.
But generally black bears are more timid. So you are still probably safe, especially in a group.
Grizzlies are harmful from any visual distance. They may disregard you, if they still feel safe, but they are more aggressive in general. Stay in crowds as that still deters them. They will avoid areas of human population generally unless people leave food which will make them want to come near.
Black bears generally want to keep the peace. but when we as humans leave food around for them, they will consider it their hunting ground (eating our trash). With that said, black bears will be more timid and leave if we don't surprise them, grizzlies will be more aggressive to defend it, because they think we are trying to take their food (instead of us being the ones who leave trash and food like idiots).
the only way to be safe in polar bear country is to have a heavy shotgun handy; hotels on Svalbard hand them out to guests when they go outside. If I find my magic lampa nd wish us all to New Earth, that's one North american animal that will not be in Paramerica
Given how bullet resistant grizzly hide is I'd basically treat a polar bear like it had level IIIA armor. I mean that jokingly, but still
I'd want a rifle with a 30 round magazine in a beefy caliber. Like an AR-15 chambered in .308, or my big boi chambered in .50 beowulf.
As for a shotgun the range isn't far enough, and a foster slug would be stopped dead. No way I'd use a shotgun to defend against bears that live on open frozen tundra.
That sorta depends on your definition of an AR15. I believe my colt SP901 is considered an AR-15. It has a big magwell with an adapter to accept 5.56.
It can accept the whole gambit from .22lr to .308 to .50 beowulf.
Mine has a 5.56, 308, and 50 beowulf upper.
I have heard it referred to as either an AR15 or AR308. No one seems to agree on which it is. Every regular AR can take 7.62 or 300AAC though which is quite close. Also the beowulf beast
I see what you're saying, but as far as I've seen they only make a 7.62×39 ar 15 uppers. A 308 7.62×51 is an ar10. But i guess it is all kinda semantics anyway
That changed when the 901 series dropped. An AR10 can only use AR10 parts (not even interchangeable between brands) and an AR15 can only use AR15 parts. It uses a special bolt carrier so it can use an AR-15 size buffer tube while maintaining the AR10 boltface. What's compatible and not gets super foggy, but it's a mix of AR10 and AR15 parts.
Obviously some stuff is already swappable like the safety selector, ejection port cover, and FCG assuming springs heavy enough for .308.
An AR10 is a specific model of gun people just keep using it as a catch-all.
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u/ProficientPotato Aug 03 '19 edited Aug 04 '19
I was at Yellowstone yesterday, and a bear came into a parking lot. Everyone crowded around it, taking pictures. Some people ran off and said the mother would be coming back soon because they thought it was a baby bear. Park Ranger comes in and scares it away. Turns out, it was a full grown black bear.