He taught the Arizona concealed carry course for fifteen years until the goal of constitutional carry was attained. An email sent to Ammoland will be forwarded to me.ĭean Weingarten has been a peace officer, a military officer, was on the University of Wisconsin Pistol Team for four years, and was first certified to teach firearms safety in 1973. We include every use where a pistol can be reasonably documented as being fired in defense against a bear, in our database. If you know of a defensive pistol use against bears, please contact us. Without diligent searching, no one but the participants would know about it. This use of a pistol to defend against bear attack was not reported in the news.
It is fortunate Jimmy was there, was well practiced with his Glock, and in the lead. He and his partner went to some trouble to avoid shooting the grizzly, which harassed them while they were packing out a quartered moose.
Tony says the 10mm Glock is getting hard to find in Alaska, as they are sought after as bear defense guns.Īnother poster, LJ Miller, on facebook, suggested it was the same bear he had problems with one year before, in the same area, September of 2017. He says Jimmy was the right man in the right place. He says they give you the confidence you need when you need it.
Tony credits training and practice drawing to developing the muscle memory to make the needed shots. Because the bear dropped nearly instantaneously, Tony believes the second bullet hit the brain or top of the spinal column. The friends could not follow the second round wound channel, because the head, skin, and paws had to be turned in. As the bear dropped, the second round caught it in the head. It penetrated the right lung, through the chest cavity, and broke the spine. The first shot took the bear in the chest. Jimmy’s Glock was loaded with 200 grain HSN bear loads. Tony was able to get back home, get the meat through initial processing and stored by 9:30 p.m. Fortunately, a co-worker was able to get his truck within 100 yards of the scene, minimizing pack-out time. The moose had been buried by the bear and had its ear and genitals ripped off. They were already busy with the hard work of skinning the bear and dressing out the moose. They are instructed to go to Anchorage the next day to fill out the required paperwork, the Defense of Life and Property (DLP) report. The friends call Fish and Game on base to report the self-defense killing. The bear crashes down, 10 feet from Jimmy, dead right there (DRT). As the bear bounds over the downed spruce, Jimmy double taps, two shots, one to the chest, one to the head. The draw is smooth and fast from a retention holster. He has time for a startled “F*ck Bear!” as he draws the Glock from the Serpa. Jimmy is in the lead, about five feet ahead of Tony.
BEARS HAND IN CAST FULL
From 10 yards away, a large grizzly is charging them full out. Less than a second later, they hear the roar, directly ahead. Jimmy says: “That’s where your moose is”.Īs they approached the area where they heard the crows, the birds kick up. The area is heavily wooded in black spruce and birch, some aspen, with plenty of undergrowth and downed trees. Ron went up a hill to help guide the search from an elevated perspective. They decided to do a grid search in the direction the blood trail was leading. The three friends are experienced combat veterans. Jimmy Cox had the lead with a Glock 20 10mm in a Blackhawk Serpa holster on his right hip. At 08:30 the next morning, Tony was back with his friends Jimmy Cox and Ron Sheldon.
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