How Firearms and Horses Helped Settlers Survive Grizzly Bear Country

How Firearms and Horses Helped Settlers Survive Grizzly Bear Country

Cowboys roping a bear by James Walker, 1877. Copyright expired. Few studies have examined the effectiveness of firearms in defense against bears. This may be because early experience with modern firearms against bears showed them to be incredibly effective compared to muzzleloading firearms, which were far superior to bows and spears. Before Christopher Columbus pioneered a regular and profitable way to travel to the Caribbean and the New World,…