For those who ask whether the 10mm is sufficient for bear defense. It was about a week ago...

http://homernews.com/homer-news/local-news/2016-08-03/hiker-injured-in-kachemak-bay-state-park-bear-attack

Hiker injured in Kachemak Bay State Park bear attack


Posted: August 3, 2016 - 4:30pm  |  Updated: August 4, 2016 - 8:58am

By MICHAEL ARMSTRONG   

STAFF WRITER

A Homer man shot and killed a charging sow brown bear at Humpy Creek last Friday. Kim Woodman, 57, shot the bear five times with a 10mm handgun before the bear fell about 6 feet from him. While backing away from the sow, Woodman fell and accidentally shot himself in the left foot.

Woodman was able to get to his skiff and return to Homer, where he checked into the South Peninsula Hospital emergency room. Woodman had no injuries from the bear, said Jack Blackwell, area superintendent of Alaska State Parks, Kenai-Prince William Sound region.

Blackwell said Woodman surprised a brown bear with two cubs while hiking about 4 p.m. July 29 off the trail along the southwest fork of Humpy Creek in Kachemak Bay State Park. The bears were probably feeding on pink salmon in the creek. Woodman filled out a defense of life and property report, and Park Ranger Jason Okuly and Alaska Department of Fish and Game biologist Jason Herreman went to the scene and found the dead sow bear. They reported the sow had two gunshot wounds, one below the right eye and one in the chest.

They recovered the skull and paws to prevent trophy looting. The carcass was about 6 feet from where Woodman tripped.

"It was fairly close," Blackwell said.

Fish and Game Kenai Area biologist Jeff Selinger said the sow had been lactating, but it's unknown if the sow had cubs of the year or older cubs. Older cubs would have a good chance of surviving, but younger cubs would not. Selinger said Fish and Game won't make an effort to look for the cubs unless they hear reports of the cubs hanging out in the area. Biologists would have to be certain the cubs were orphaned and not another sow's cubs.

"We care about the animals. The thing we want to avoid is making a bad situation worse," Selinger said.

Selinger said this is the first defense of life bear shooting he knows of since 2002, when he began working for Fish and Game on the Kenai Peninsula. Black bears are more common in Kachemak Bay State Park.

People who shoot bears in self defense are normally required to salvage the hide and skull, but because Woodman was injured, he did not have to do so, Selinger said.

This is not Woodman's first defense of life bear shooting. In September 1992 while moose hunting near Ohlson Mountain, he shot a brown bear Woodman said was stalking him. According to an Oct. 1, 1992, Homer News article, Woodman injured the bear with a rifle shot at close range and then killed it when the bullet failed to pierce the bear's skull and it got up

Saved by a gun and injured by a gun all in the same encounter!!!!  Wonder what load he was using?

Ammunition type would be interesting to know and whether it exited the skull. According to a Homer local who posts on the Alaska Outdoors Forum, the sow was a small one around 400 pounds. She may have been small but that's still big enough to get your attention! It's always unfortunate when someone has to shoot a bear "in defense of life".   

Hiker used HPR 180gr jhp...

Quote from: Rojo27 on August 29 2016 04:24:39 AM MDT
Hiker used HPR 180gr jhp...

I have some HPR 200gr JHP's in my two extra magazines(Critical Duty 175 gr in my Glock 29 and the magazine in my back pocket). I like them but am concerned the short barrel of the G29 may keep them from expanding.
The black bears that show up around here try to run. Usually up a tree.

Quote from: Blades on August 29 2016 08:31:35 AM MDT
I have some HPR 200gr JHP's in my two extra magazines(Critical Duty 175 gr in my Glock 29 and the magazine in my back pocket). I like them but am concerned the short barrel of the G29 may keep them from expanding.
The black bears that show up around here try to run. Usually up a tree.

HPR 200gr uses a Harnady XTP jhp....  HPR publishes the 200gr jhp velocity @ 1250fps which no doubt from full size pistol.  Here is a test which included 200gr Hornady XTP factory ammo rated @ 1185fps again full size...
It's just a guess but maybe the hotter HPR velocity in shorter barreled Glock 29 would be similar to factory
Hornady in full size pistol and this is close to what you could expect...

http://rangehot.com/10mm-ballistic-gel-test-with-hornady-ammo/

Here is a more accurate account of story. I'm from Homer.

http://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/2016/08/dean-weingarten/exclusive-interview-with-kim-woodman-10mm-bear-gun-guy-who-shot-his-toe-off-graphic-video/

wow! shooting your foot would suck! at least he didn't get mauled bad too.

Yes, concentrating on shot and snapping the trigger just as the foot comes up. At least it was just the top of the middle toe.

Quote from: Blades on August 29 2016 08:31:35 AM MDT

Quote from: Rojo27 on August 29 2016 04:24:39 AM MDT
Hiker used HPR 180gr jhp...

I have some HPR 200gr JHP's in my two extra magazines(Critical Duty 175 gr in my Glock 29 and the magazine in my back pocket). I like them but am concerned the short barrel of the G29 may keep them from expanding.
The black bears that show up around here try to run. Usually up a tree.

Penetration on a bear is more important than expansion, your G29 should be just fine.