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I’ll watch it but DP is a bit of a mixed bag. I agree that his work is good but he doesn’t follow up on cases to see if anything came of them years later.
Once he decides that something is a 411, he doesn’t reverse course.

The OP wasn’t about .50 caliber revolvers in general. It’s regarding a Remington.50

Sometimes people bumble their words, especially when being interviewed. Also, not all gun owners are gun enthusiasts. Could just be a mistake.

Bill F, James N and Amy H have the best responses on this thread.

A lot of people seem to think that if they love nature, it will love them back. There is no Mother Nature, no Mother Earth. Nature just is.
Sometimes it will inspire you, sometimes it will kill you.

I generally agree with Russell. I’ve had two sightings, 5 years apart, and got lucky in both cases. I would also add that sometimes they slip up, especially in windy or rainy conditions. One of my close friends had a double-sighting during high wind.

My group and I camp multiple times a year, often in deep Rocky Mountain wilderness, and we get…Read more

This is like asking what you’ll do with your Powerball winnings.

Y’all wild!

Rogan has an excellent podcast with a wide range of guests and controversial topics but on this subject, I suspect it’s just too scary for him to deal with.
He hunts some and the idea of massive and sometimes aggressive creatures roaming the wilderness is just too much for him.

Here’s some additional input: somebody died. Don’t be so ghoulish

Not sure why this is sparking so many “oohs” and “aahs”. Wilderness hiking is not a zero-risk activity.

No-one is going to be able to guarantee you a sighting. If you want to see one, you’ll need to put in the time, travel, expense, networking, etc. and you still might never actually see one.

I’ve hiked that trail several times. There are a number of places a person could fall, or slip, become injured or die and likely not be found especially once body heat dissipates.
He’ll likely be found in the spring.

Good article here from 2018 regarding bear defense and handgun caliber success:

Defense Against Bears with Pistols: 97% Success rate, 37 incidents by Caliber