Originally Posted By: AKSAR
I don't think so Glock. According to the link in the original post the wolf "..... raced forward and attacked my panniers, in the process ripping my tent bag and spilling my poles onto the highway." If the wolf was close enough to rip your panniers he would have been ripping "the everloving shiite" out of you the instant you slowed down! By the time you actually stopped, you would have been lunch.


You are assuming that all the facts of the event are written up with an accurate timeline in that article, and that there are no gaps in the narrative. Was there was a time gap where the guy could have gotten off the bike and had time to draw a pistol? Is that bicyclist qualified enough to say that there was no point in time where he could have shot the wolf, had he been armed? My post was based on MY experience and training, not the bicyclist's.

Would there have been risk in acting decisively? Certainly. You pays for your ticket and you takes your chances.