One of my biggest fears, having joined the S&R team, and doing heretofore any sort of activity in the wilderness, has been and continues to be my fear of animals..
Bears specifically..
Now, I've heard it 1000 times..
They're more afraid of you than you are of them, give them their space, make plenty of noise and you'll be fine, etc, etc...
But to my mind that's cold comfort to those statistical anomalies unfortunate enough to have been mauled..
Now, the more I look into this search and rescue gear, the more it makes me feel like getting out, doing some hiking and camping with my family..
I think as part of an S&R team, I'd be part of a relatively large group, and if not safer, at least I'd only have to outrun the slowest member (he says, half jokingly).
But if it's just the 4 of us, including 2 small children, I'd want to make sure they'd be safe..
Bear spray? Bangers?
I dunno..
What kind of firearm would be best in a strictly defensive, relatively short-range application against a bear?
Some kind of shotgun? If so, what kind, specifically?
(I know absolutely NOTHING about guns, and would of course be taking all sorts of courses.. But speaking hypothetically..)
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