There are two questions that are often on the mind of outdoorsmen that hunt in

grizzly bear country frequently. One is if a bear charges how will I react will I stand my ground and handle the situation properly

and ideally stop that bear before he does damage to me or a potentially a hunting partner right

and the other one is have I made the right choice or a potentially a hunting partner, right?

And the other one is, have I made the right choice of equipment?

My personal protection sidearm or my primary sidear,

you know, rifle, whatever it is, is it the right one and how well is it

gonna serve me very few people can answer those questions definitively but I'm

sitting down today with a man that can. This is my good friend

Ty's Erickson. He's the owner of Utah Bird Dog Training and we've been friends

of hunted together for a long time now.

Tice hosts the Bird Dog Podcast, and he's just returned from Kodiak Island,

where he had a pretty gnarly experience,

and we're going to tell stories today.

Man, Ty says, good to see again,

good to talk with you.

Thanks for coming on the show.

Yeah, Joseph, it's good to be here.

I'm excited.

I've told this story a bunch of times,

but it'll be good to tell your listeners.

I think my kids and wife are tired of hearing it.

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