Alaskan Girl Drops Bear with 9mm

[B_Reynolds_AK]

This past weekend at Skilak Lake on the Kenai Peninsula, a girl dropped a charging blackbear with one shot from her 9mm after it had mauled her dog. It gets up and she drops it again with another shot. It gets up again, she fires a 3rd round and hightails it out with her injured dog, which she gets to the vet.

You can view it as you want, but two rounds fired from a Glock 43 and both rounds hit and dropped the bear.. damn!

“I pull my pistol and I shot, boom, down like a sack of potatoes goes the bear,” Price said. “And I was like, okay, good lights out.”

If she had wanted to ensure that it was dead, she would have had the opportunity to empty her mag into its cns at point blank range.

The video interview is a bit long, but entertaining.

‘Chaos, Chaos, Chaos’ near Cooper Landing: Woman, dogs survive bear attack

A mushroom hunt near Skilak Lake turned into a frantic escape after a bear mauled one of Lori Price’s dogs.

www.alaskasnewssource.com

 

[Rich M]

Cool. She didn't know to finish the bear off. Maybe next time.

 

[diamond10x]

Hidden Lake/Hidden Creek Trl where they were next to Skilak has Bear attacks annually it seems.

 

[akhunter3]

Did not realize this was a black bear- explains why the 9mm seemed to work so well.

Hopefully serves as a good reminder to folks who read this that just because it drops doesn't mean it's done

 

[ActivelyDying]

if I’m carrying a sidearm it’s a 9mm, it’s the same as the small cal vs large cal debate, less recoil=better shooting, better shooting=more ethical kills and more rounds on target, I’d much rather be able to dump most a mag into a charging bear than get one hopefully lucky shot off. I shoot my 9 better than 10mm or 6shooters, that’s all

 

[johnnycake]

Cool. She didn't know to finish the bear off. Maybe next time.

That's one take. Knowing Lori, you're wrong. Shit happens in the moment, especially when you're worried about someone/thing else.

 

[jayhawk]

I’m officially starting a new thread
“9mm for grizzly bear, brown bear, black bear, and polar bear…”

 

[HunterGatherer]

I’m officially starting a new thread
“9mm for grizzly bear, brown bear, black bear, and polar bear…”

“ Headshots, not head stamps”

 

[Wrench]

Keeping you shot process clean with a 9mm is more effective than a miss with a 460.

 

[Joel/AK]

That area has alot of bear. Rough lake to be on in a small boat when the afternoon winds pick up.
As for not finishing off the bear, she stopped the threat. #1 priority in an attack, dead bear would be nice but she had her pup to worry about. Plus, she had a G43, not exactly high capacity mags. Save your ammo and watch for another threat and hope on luck.

Glad her pup will be ok

 

[Ajsomp]

one more reason why guns are better than bear spray. Good for her.

 

[rickyw]

I first learned about bears doing this when shot from Tony Russ some years ago. The bears reaction is not atypical behavior. I posted this story earlier but Ben wrote up a more captivating intro/title

Coincidentally, the bear my friend shot while spring bear hunting a few weeks ago did the same thing. It took off into the brush, laid down and stayed very still. With two partitions in it it laid there for about 15-20 minutes. When he approached the bear it was staring right at him but appeared dead. It twitched slightly so he put another one in it from 30 feet, and then it still had enough umph to climb a tree.

My favorite story was told to me by a patient. Grizzly bear down, everyone taking pictures. Guy is holding the bears head up for the photo. Lets go of the bears head. Head stays up!

 

[Eleven]

Can we change the title of this post to “Bad Ass Alaskan Woman Drops Bear with 9mm”. She kept her cool, placed the shots she was presented and got herself and her dogs out of trouble with what seems like a very cool head. Thats more than A LOT of people I know would be able to do. Good for her!!

 

[WRO]

I’m officially starting a new thread
“9mm for grizzly bear, brown bear, black bear, and polar bear…”

There was a large grizz killed on the Russian River with a 9 a few years back.

I killed a black bear with my g43 at 10 yards elk scouting (had a tag) a few years back. They work.


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[Mac308]

if I’m carrying a sidearm it’s a 9mm, it’s the same as the small cal vs large cal debate, less recoil=better shooting, better shooting=more ethical kills and more rounds on target, I’d much rather be able to dump most a mag into a charging bear than get one hopefully lucky shot off. I shoot my 9 better than 10mm or 6shooters, that’s all

Yup. A 9mm with hard cast LBT style bullets. Shot placement and penetration are king and queen, not bore diameter.

 

[Joel/AK]

I changed to 4" 686 with 180gr buffalo bores when I did carry a pistol. Used to carry a 3" 44mag but my wife had a hard time shooting it. Since she was my main hiking companion, I carried something she could shoot ...just in case she had to grab it.
Between shot placement, I believe in luck. Those bears can come fast. Only been charged once in 18 years in AK. Double bluff by a brownie on ft Richardson. Seemed like seconds but it was overall just a couple minutes before the bear walked off