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Originally Posted by TheSquealer
Yeah right. Show me the story about a guy anywhere killing a polar bear with a pistol and then properly skinning it and having it mounted. Oh..... Doesn't exist? Shocker. Sounds like I know what I'm talking about.
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It is my understanding that Polar bears are still legally hunted in Alaska by native Inuits...and that it is legal to hunt them in the Canadian Artic...for anyone that can afford the expense. There is a story of an Inuit woman that shot and killed a Polar Bear...using a .22 rimfire pistol (some say it was a single shot .22 rifle). The bear was trying to climb through her window and she stuck the pistol in its ear and killed it with one shot.
BTW...there are many stories about killing bear of all types...small and large...with .22 rimfire rifles. I personally know more than one person that hunt bear and have killed bears using pistols...but not a Polar Bear. I certainly would not be concerned about killing a bear with my .357 Mag pistol. I am in bear and lion country and I usually only carry my .357 when I am out and about in the wild.