Great article showing the importance of being mindful of how you carry depending on different situations.
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A 12 or 20 gauge with flashbangs and rubber shot work for me. Iām up at 9200 feet and have had a Hummingbear.
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@MrPuma2072 just goinā with YIKES! I hope that glass is up to the job there 
Yeah, that pane was about a Ā¼ thick. The rule is, get the pictures, then the shotgun.
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This guy came up the stairs, our deck in on the second floor, he knows that the bar in front of him is suppost to have a bird feeder on it. At our house, the rule is get the pictures, then the shotgun. I keep it loaded with alternating rounds of flashbangs and rubber buckshot. The flashbangs do the trick. Havenāt had to use the rubber shot. Yet.
The first bear we got was this little guy. Came up to check out the view.
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Glock 20 gen 4 10mm auto in a GunFightersInc Denali chest holster. Best carry package around. IMHO
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Is that āhumming bearā a grizz or black bear? Doesnāt look all that big but awful shaggy for a black.
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I think Iād love living where you live @MrPuma2072
I agree with @Tom5. A Glock 20 or Glock 40 allows for plenty of shots with a relatively powerful caliber (in 10mm I really like Underwoodās Extreme Penetrator for dangerous animals). And the GunfightersInc Kenai chest holster is perhaps the ideal field holster, though you have to be comfortable (and legal) carrying an exposed handgun. Since you are on your own property I doubt thatās a concern so might as well go for speed, comfort, and ease of use.
You can outfit the Kenai with an extra magazine pouch but I cheaped out and saved the extra $15 since Iām not going into combat and I personally feel comfortable with the 16 rounds of 10mm my Glock 20 holds.
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Welcome to the group @Edge!
I love the way those look, from both an out-of-my-way-while-Iām-working perspective, and from sheer bada$$ appearance 
One small problemā¦ ok, not that smallā¦ Iām just gonna say itā¦ boobs. 
Iād use one when Iām working on the farm, if only I could figure out how to make that workā¦ 
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Ok, so let it be known that this is the first time I could ever be accused of forgetting boobs. But yeah, totally never thought about that.
Perhaps another solution would be a drop leg holster. Full disclosure: Iāve never used one but they certainly look like theyād be comfortable and would allow for a wide range of movement whilst working.
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I recently bought an alien gear shapeshifter pack for my G30 and Iām generally liking it. Iām thinking Iām going to get a drop leg holster setup from them for it. I could use it with the retention button for work on the farm (wouldnāt want to drop it out of the holster while climbing up on the tractor) and without the retention button for on-the-range.
I think I can live with losing the gun-strapped-to-my-chest bada$$ery in favor of the gun-strapped-to-my-leg version 
Because you know as someoneās great grandmother, bada$$ery matters.
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Hummingbear looks like a silvertip.
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@Edge You are such a boob!
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4 5/8 Super Blackhawk .44 Mag, 275 grain hard cast over a warm load. Hits hard, carries well in Mernickle holster-can conceal carry if you wish
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Smitty, .500 bear kit. First round rubber if you want to try not to kill it. Next 4 hpās.
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Really good article @RocketPakā¦ looks like people are mostly getting it done regardless of caliber.
Iād prefer not to throw overgrown pencil erasers at an attacking bear. Heās already mad or hungry or both.
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Hey @Zee, I could just see you dancing and shouting every time that āGā word was used in the bear article.
I wonder how my āGā in .357 Sig would have done against one of the bears. I donāt want to find out.
One of my take aways from the bear article was; if I know Iām heading into bear country, itās a revolver for me. I know I have less shots available, but there was too much evidence of autoloader malfunction. And if a bear is grinding me and my weapon into the dirt, Iād rather be relying on a revolver.
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