http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=JP&hl=ja&v=B9t3nejfTXg
hand guns, or any guns for that matter, are not allowed in most any park I climb in Canada.....and I am against them in the wilderness, but have to say....this dude was lucky to have one to say the least.....I have been this close to a sow and cub before, but up wind...without the gun, he was definitely done...a bear banger (which is legal) prob would have had the same effect
the zig zag strategy of the sow with cub in tow reminds me of warthogs in Kenya, some dude tried to convince me they learned that in a short evolutionarily burst of survival to avoid the shotgun blast of Euro settlers....not that I bought it...since antelope do the same thing to try and out run cheetahs.....but to do this on attack...that was intriguing. Rare to get to see this action so close, yet survive and have it on clear film (tripod).