>>Absolutely. I've said for years that if a person wants to hunt bear, he should get himself a good set of claws and have at it.
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>Ok, so you think the person should play on the bears field. There's only one problem with that. The bears is much stronger, much faster, much better at surviving in the wilderness. The bear uses those advantages to overcome his prey. The human uses his strengths, like his ability to out-think the opponent. This is why we sit atop the food chain. The bear brings speed and strength to the fight, the human brings guns and ammo. "Some days you eat the bear, some days the bear eats you."
>So, you see, it is a "fair" fight. Each uses their available resources. The only difference is the bear has no rules, humans do.
Okay, then even it up a little. Elmer Keith used to hunt Kodiaks with a 44 magnum pistol. 400 yards with a Weatherby V .338 mag is just shooting at something that doesn't even know you're there.
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