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I'm fairly new to MM, so I apologize if my question has allready been answered elsewhere. I really enjoy the site, and look forward to participating more.
I enjoyed a great deer hunting season this year, and was thrilled to have my wife along for several of the bow hunts. Everything was going great until we jumped a good size black bear one evening on a stalk. Of course it took off in the other direction, but it scared my wife to death. She was less than thrilled with the idea of possibly confronting a bear with nothing more than my stick and string.
So my question is; Am I allowed to carry a handgun on the bow-hunt in Utah? If so, do you think a 9mm would persuade a Utah bear to play elsewhere in the rare case that such persuasion would be necessary? Have any of you had any risky bear or mountain lion confrontations in Utah?
Thanks for your help, will be posting hunting pics soon...
I enjoyed a great deer hunting season this year, and was thrilled to have my wife along for several of the bow hunts. Everything was going great until we jumped a good size black bear one evening on a stalk. Of course it took off in the other direction, but it scared my wife to death. She was less than thrilled with the idea of possibly confronting a bear with nothing more than my stick and string.
So my question is; Am I allowed to carry a handgun on the bow-hunt in Utah? If so, do you think a 9mm would persuade a Utah bear to play elsewhere in the rare case that such persuasion would be necessary? Have any of you had any risky bear or mountain lion confrontations in Utah?
Thanks for your help, will be posting hunting pics soon...