Handgun Defense Against Brown Bears: How Many Shots Are Fired in Grizzly Bear Encounters?

Summary

An AmmoLand study analyzed 93 known handgun-only self-defense cases against Ursus arctos (brown, grizzly, Kodiak bears), revealing that 19.4% of incidents involved one shot fired, making it the most common scenario. The data indicated that 76.3% of cases were resolved with six or fewer shots, and only a single failure was recorded within the documented incidents.