Luckily @Breckdawrek doesn’t have to worry about grizzlies in Arkansas, unless she wanders into the bear cage at the Little Rock Zoo.
It’s a tiny juvenile black bear. We have a special permit because he’s a nuisance bear. According to the AGFC.
I’m not so sure.
He’s never wandered into the area around the house. Or got in the trash or dog kennel.
He keeps the piglet population down. Not enough.
But I’m not stupid. He’ll die if he’s coming after me if I get a good shot.
And again, like @Bullitt says it takes grit and a cool head to be able to do that. When fear gets to you it does bad things to ability.
Clearly we have a bear with good good good taste! 
If you’re going to slice a grizzly with a chainsaw,. You better time your swing just right, because you won’t get a second swing. Here’s how fast the whole thing is going to go down:
I know this isn’t a serious thread, and I acknowledge the appeal of increasing the challenge by lowering your advantage, but anything that’s going to cause the animal that much suffering is way uncool. I would hesitate to call them hunters.
Slow down there, buckaroo. He was not calling them hunters. He was calling hunters hunters.
^^ Sounds like a tie.
The way I heard it was about distinguishing black bear poop from grizzly bear poop. The grizzly’s poop has little bells in it and smells faintly of pepper.
This is an old classic (often with different locations other than Montana):
Montana Grizzly Bear Notice:
In light of the rising frequency of human/grizzly bear conflicts, the Montana Department of Fish and Game is advising hikers, hunters, and fishermen to take extra precautions and keep alert for bears while in the field. We advise that outdoorsmen wear noisy little bells on their clothing so as not to startle the bears that aren’t expecting them. We also advise outdoorsmen to carry pepper spray with them in case of an encounter with a bear.
It is also a good idea to watch out for fresh signs of bear activity. Outdoorsmen should recognize the difference between black bear and grizzly bear poop. Black bear poop is smaller and contains a lot of berry seeds and squirrel fur. Grizzly bear poop has little bells in it and smells like pepper spray.
Another version I have heard:
If you are not sure if the bear chasing you is a black bear or a grizzly bear, climb a tree. If the bear climbs up the tree to get you, it’s a black bear. If the bear knocks over the tree to get you, it’s a grizzly.
When we visited Glacier National Park way back when, one of the Park Rangers shared that info with us along with the similarly helpful information that grizzlies have an extra set of molars compared to black bears. So, if you want to know which one is eating you all you have to do is count its teeth!
Besides its poop having small bells and smelling like pepper spray, it’ll occasionally have a cell phone too.
I think you’re confusing bears with Spinosaurus
…or, Chuck Norris.
Yes of course. Thanks for the corrections.
Or…if the Black Bear climbs up the tree WITH you, there is a Grizzly chasing the both of you.
Sooo, we had a chain saw injury come into the ER yesterday, I am definitely sticking with my statement that making contact with the bear’s face would get it to leave you alone.
The problem with using a chainsaw against a brown, or polar bear is to have any effect, the bear needs to be nearly upon you before it can inflict any damage (and it may not be lethal damage). A bear charging at speed will be on top of you less than a second after you buzz him, and he won’t be dead—just pissed. I see no way to walk away from a grizzly bear/chainsaw encounter unscathed or un-dead.
And, unless you’re an expert marksman with something like a .500 S&W Magnum and nerves of steel, your chances aren’t much better with a typical self-defense gun. I believe the only way to drop a bear immediately with a gun is to sever its brain stem. You may have to ask the bear to stop while you look up where the brainstem is in your Atlas of Grizzly Bear Anatomy, then ask him to turn around so you can shoot him in the back of the head. I’m not so sure he’d comply with your request.
Most experts agree that your best chance of survival against a charging brown or polar bear is with bear spray. The experienced fellow in the video within this link says, if you decide to bring your .45, or your .40, or your 9mm and you see a bear charging at you, please, instead of shooting the bear, just shoot yourself and do yourself a favor…[snip]