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I've seen a .375h&h mag skid off a hog's head. knocked the ole sow down, and the hunter put another one in her. i've grown up around these hogs, and i'd (and have) feel comfortable walking with a 9mm or .45. they will attack, but it's rare. 12-guage over the shoulder is the antidote.

donovan, there might be more bears than you expect--and there's certainly more coming. here's a piece i wrote for kerrville daily times, back in about '03. i was their outdoor writer for more than a year.

http://effective-defense.com/freedom/2akerrbear.html

mailman needs a gun for christmas.

Cool, Doug.

Yeh, best to bag the bear outside arm's distance. I'll do what I can to bring some good firearms conversations to the table. I deal in a bit of it. But I'm mostly here to learn. I'm an NRA Senior Training Counselor and Chief Range Safety Officer, and defense training director for a ...

Howdy.

I live at Canyon Lake, TX, raised in San Antonio. I'm 53, and a nursing student, my education underwritten by the VA. I'm a professional firearms trainer and consultant. Produced some outdoor documentary television in the '90s, and have been an audio tech, and feature/news writer for print ...

Hey RB. I just signed up for this outfit, too. Mostly to read and learn.

I think I met you during the 80s. I was a jock on KSYM and several gentlemen's clubs. Ran around with guys involved in SA's music scene. Maybe I'll run into you again.

DD