What do I need to kill a bear with my bare hands?

Question

What kind of nife is best recommended

Answer 1

A BIG SACK OF NUTS.......

Answer 2

Seriously? With your bare hands? A small sick black bear. Any fit bear, even a panda, will rip you to shreds. They are badder than the baddest dog, bigger, stronger, nastier and a lot more practiced. You've got no hope.

Knife isn't bare handed. A broad combat knife, something meant for stabbing and releasing. Like an Applegate Fairbairn.

Actually, if I was fighting a bear maybe I'd rather use an axe, a battle axe, with the knife in the other hand for close-in work.

Answer 3

If you are in Bear Country you probably want a long Bowie with a fairly thick blade in case you have to pierce the skull. Stabbing or slicing anywhere else will be pretty ineffective as you will be bear chow before you can hit it enough times to kill it. A good stab at the base of the neck/top of the spine would probably be your best bet if you can reach back there (probably not if it is mauling you). Also a partially serrated blade can cause more damage as you pull the blade from the bear. Have fun!

Answer 4

Its possible, and there are plenty of stories about Oriental martial arts masters who have killed tigers this way. A perfectly place strike from a human fist could potentially kill a big cat or a bear, but it would take a tremendous amount of skill.

Answer 5

you just need the right dog.

I remember I went bear hunting once, turned up with some guns but the guide said leave them behind, we'll take my dog.

We find a bear in the woods and the dog chases after it. The bear climbs up a tree. and the guide shakes the hell out of the tree till the bear falls out. Upon which the dog mounts the bear and fornicates it to death. Hell I say that is a poor way to kill a bear but as long as I get the trophy I don't care.

We hunt a few more bears this way, with them dropping out of the tree to be claimed by the depradations of the dog.

Finally we come across a real giant. Off goes the dog and up the nearest tree goes the bear. Well its a big tree this one and try as he might the guide cannot shake the bear loose. I have to go up after it the guide says grimly and poke it out along the top branches. He hands me his pistol and I say I'll never hit the bear from down here.He says "its not for the bear.If I fall out the tree, shoot the damn dog"

Answer 6

Hmmm, begging to win the Darwin award?

that has to be one of the dummest questions I've ran acrossed from any posters.

You need to try it. Hopefully you'll be culled from the gene pool before you breed.

Good thing about human flesh, the bear won't have to work you hard to chew it up. Probably will spit out the brain, because yours would contain too much grisle and no grey cells.

Answer 7

With bare hands, you need a long arm. Just run it down his throat until it comes out the other end, grab his tail and yank him inside out.
Using a knife, you use as short as you can. You run your hand in his mouth with the blade pointing up. When he closes his mouth, the blade runs up into his brain. With this method, you only lose your hand.

Answer 8

Ha ha ha you're pretty funny. You just need a small, sturdy, sharp Gerber or Buck that has a serrated edge on the back half of the blade. You need a smaller knife because a bear's stomach is fairly small, so you will be kind of crowded and you aren't sure you will have both hands when you try to cut your way out of his belly.

Answer 9

Jedidiah Smith was about 7 feet tall and killed a grizzly with a knife. I wouldn't recommend anyone trying it though today. But the best knife would probably be a tanto. In my opinion.

Answer 10

First thing you do is forget about a knife. It is cheating to use a knife when you set out to fight a bear bare handed.

Next thing you do is drink a bottle of Yukon Jack 100 proof. Then go tackle a bear.

If you really feel like you need to cheat, get a knife like this one ( http://www.swissarmy.com/MultiTools/Product.htm?category=executive&product=53181& ) drinkt the Yukon Jack and go get your bear.

Doc

Answer 11

You never bring a knife to a Bear Fight*... Recommend 30-06 caliber rifle or 44 Magnum Handgun*...