Joe Huffman takes an excerpt from a book on the topic. Surprising, or perhaps not surprising, nothing seems to beat a shotgun loaded with 00 buck for dropping a grizzly, but rule number one seems to be the first rule of gunfighting: have a gun.
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Couple things.
1. It wasn’t from a book, it was from a mailing list.
2. There was just a news story of someone in Boulder, CO having to deal with a bear invading their home:
http://hsoiblog.wordpress.com/2009/07/28/buckshot-please/
So, I wouldn’t just say “have a gun” since a shotgun with birdshot and rubber bullets didn’t really do much. But yes, likely better than if they had nothing at all.