re: How would you personally kill a Grizzly Bear with no gun?

Like that guy told James Bond about crocodiles, “Stick a fountain pen right behind his ear.”

You would be dead unless you had a large caliber gun and used it well.

Grizzlies are bad-arse for sure, but I think a bear called the Giant Short faced bear actually altered human expansion into the Americas.

To answer the question in the OT: clone a Giant Short Faced Bear, raise it from a cub and bring it along with you when you are dropped off in the Alaskan wilderness. It should be able to take on a Grizzly without much problem.

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If I knew that I was going to Alaska beforehand, then I would take a Samurai Katana that measured 3.5 feet from the hilt, to the blade.

Bear claws and teeth are very formidable, but one thrust through its stomach, and another straight into a foot, might make it rethink things.

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Double-edged blades are much better for thrusting. The katana was really only good for killing unarmed peasants.


But personally I would cab up in my truck and blast electronic dance music until the bear kills hinself. (Or I do.)

I would find a 10 foot long stick of sturdy yet manageable proportions and then take my pocketknife and make a fine point on one end.

Place the blunt end on the ground and make the bear pierce himself with his own weight if he wanted to get near me. At that point I would fricking run and hope the stick did its job well enough.

Can my weapon be a fat baw I can outrun?

How about dynamite?

long shaft spear is best option for primitive expenses, other than bow

You don’t want a sword against an alaskan grizzly. You may wound him, or he may die of infection later, but he is going to kill and eat you for sure

Most people here just carry bear spray. I have a pistol with me if I am fishing and staying overnight or late in the fall. Otherwise it's just bear spray.

OK, so you just have a .22. So you have to make do with it. I hope that .22 is at least a Ruger 10/22 with 1 10-shot mag and not some dinky .22 pistol.

If you have a Ruger semi-auto you have 10 tries at making the bear think twice about continuing its attack.

Aim for either eye, the nose or the mouth. A couple of .22 LR hits to the nose or mouth will get his attention. A hit through his eye is likely to kill him or make him flee. Several hits to his foot might deter the attack.

Shooting him in the torso, swell, good luck.

The goal here is not to kill the bear but for you to get away or survive. I surely wouldn't hunt bear with a .22.

I would poison you. Piss the bear off so he would chase us and then trip you.

Poison from your stomach kills bear.

No more stupid samurai sword and bear threads.

We all win.