The TERRIFYING last Minutes Of Hunter Mark Uptain

[pitbulld45]

How are you not able to operate a Glock?????? The gun at that point had not been damaged, thrown so I assume ( know an ass out of you and me hahaha) the gun was in perfect working order.

 

[xwing]

Scary. Very sad how the quick decision to remove a layer (and the firearm attached to it) led to the guide's death. And the other hunter seemingly didn't have basic firearm skills to draw upon. I'm also assuming the guide didn't leave his firearm in condition 1, which was the second mistake leading to his death.

 

[pitbulld45]

I have to wonder about the rifle the hunter used, he couldn't use it to shoot the bear either?

 

[AndreusMaximus]

I have to wonder about the rifle the hunter used, he couldn't use it to shoot the bear either?

He was bow hunting, and it sounds like he left the bow with the horses, several hundred yards away.

 

[Sigblitz]

Angry grizzly, is a g***k going to do anything more than **** him off more?

The first few shots would just make him run off. My 5 shot snubby is good enough.

 

[AndreusMaximus]

The first few shots would just make him run off. My 5 shot snubby is good enough.

Is your 5 shot snubby cambered in .500 S&W Magnum?

 

[bobzilla]

Is your 5 shot snubby cambered in .500 S&W Magnum?

I mean, even if he doesn't run off he'll be blind as a bat with that muzzle flash and won't be able to hear you running because his ears will be ringing until next week.

 

[JimH]

I have walked up on grizzlies 3 times in NW Wyoming while hunting. It WILL get your attention in a hurry and make your realize that you are NOT the biggest bad-A on the mountain. ALWAYS carried a sidearm because I simply did not trust bear spray as a deterrent.

If you know who Jimmy Craig in Bloomfield is, he's dang lucky to be alive.




Dirty Steve

Yep,remember Jimmy's incident.

 

[pitbulld45]

I had missed the bow hunting the first time I watched the video

 

[indyblue]

How are you not able to operate a Glock?????? The gun at that point had not been damaged, thrown so I assume ( know an ass out of you and me hahaha) the gun was in perfect working order.

I don’t know. The first time I was ever handed a Glock I pulled the trigger and nothing. pulled again and nothing. I don’t know how or why it was possible but some thing about the way my finger sat on the trigger would not engage the safety.

To this day it’s one of the reasons I will never own a glock or other firearm that has a bifurcated trigger safety.

 

[jd4320t]

Wow. Complacency gets the best of us.

I’m a very inexperienced hunter and even I know that in bear country you take bear spray and firearms in that order. It comes up all the time. I’ve read it in here and other places.

 

[jd4320t]

I don’t know. The first time I was ever handed a Glock I pulled the trigger and nothing. pulled again and nothing. I don’t know how or why it was possible but some thing about the way my finger sat on the trigger would not engage the safety.

To this day it’s one of the reasons I will never own a glock or other firearm that has a bifurcated trigger safety.

I’m not sure I understand this.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Wow. Complacency gets the best of us.

I’m a very inexperienced hunter and even I know that in bear country you take bear spray and firearms in that order. It comes up all the time. I’ve read it in here and other places.

They found his empty bear spray canister. I think I'd switch the order.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

I’m not sure I understand this.

Glocks have a "trigger safety". Kind of like 1911's have a grip safety.

 

[jd4320t]

They found his empty bear spray canister. I think I'd switch the order.

Right. I’ve always read to use bear spray first, that it’ll run them away.

 

[jd4320t]

Glocks have a "trigger safety". Kind of like 1911's have a grip safety.

Yep. That’s what I’m saying. You can’t pull the trigger without depressing the trigger safety. Your finger has to be right on the edge to not hit it.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Yep. That’s what I’m saying. You can’t pull the trigger without depressing the trigger safety. Your finger has to be right on the edge to not hit it.

I admit it seems like it would be hard not to hit it, but apparently that's what happened for @indyblue .

 

[indyblue]

Yep. That’s what I’m saying. You can’t pull the trigger without depressing the trigger safety. Your finger has to be right on the edge to not hit it.

Like I said I don’t know how although I was much younger at the time. It was one of the first glocks ever made so it may be a combination of my lack of skill at the time and the design of the safety back then.

I only know that if the weapon I choose does not reliably do what I expect it to that I won’t consider it.

I’m fine being proficient with my 1911, Beretta and other conventional pistols.

 

[dieselrealtor]

A 10mm is on my wish list, we try to get to Jackson every year or 2.

 

[Kcustom45]

I have a gen 4 that I will bring to a possible backpack trip at Glacier this summer.

I have had a Glock 20 everytime I have been hiking in Glacier. Always made me feel a little better having both the bear spray and a 10mm.