Mailing weapons to Alaska from the lower 48
We are travelling from Arizona to the Kenai this summer via the Alaska Highway and are aware that we cannot travel through Canada with a hand gun. Any advice from a fellow RVer on how to get the weap...
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But again, don't waste your time with a pistol for bears. That is false security and will just get you into trouble.
If one only has a handgun if encountered with a charging bear, you better have a powerful enough one with a hollow point grain that has some kick and you better aim for the shoulder and or heart to have any kind of chance to get away safely....As noted the most effective deterrent is shotgun with slugshot as that is what wildlife troopers arm themselves with around bears.
I ventured enough many times in the woods or remote trails by canoe, ATV, or on foot during my young days in the interior and never had a dangerous encounter with wildlife, it is certainly rare to be in a wildlife encounter situation as such unless you place yourself in a middle of a bear population.....now if camping out in the woods for days on end and living out in the bush for an extended period will certainly increase your chances there.
Keep a clean camp and don't leave anything around to invite or intice bears and you should be fine while keeping a distance (bear aware).
As far as back to the topic goes what the OP asks, everyone else summed up how to send personal handguns to Alaska.
Me personally, I worry more about the two legged creatures then any four legged creature when I venture around.
