Use the Dead Eye thingie
And hit them in the head a couple of times each with a bloody big gun from your horse's saddle.

Only get off for a moment to skin them, and keep looking around while you're doing it. Then jump right back on the horse and keep moving. It's only if you stop that they generally catch up with you.

As a result of this approach, it's not the bears I've had problems with. It's the bloody mountain lions that jump out of the bush and kill you before you see them.
(SnowyTheWereRabbit the Leporid from Hell, Mon 31 Jan 2011, 17:01, 1 reply)

That's how horsey face died. I Never had much trouble with bears, shot em In the face a few time with dead eye.

Did kill one with a knife, that was fun.
(Mong goose, Mon 31 Jan 2011, 17:41, closed)

Poor Horsey Face
May he RIP
(SnowyTheWereRabbit the Leporid from Hell, Mon 31 Jan 2011, 17:56, closed)

After he was dead I went a little crazy, shot the cougar to death, then emptied a few more shots into him, skinned him and chucked a fire bomb on him.

I walked over to horsey face and stood in silence for a while, before walking to the nearest town. I haven't been able to bring my self to replace him with a new horse.
(Mong goose, Mon 31 Jan 2011, 23:07, closed)

Nice
Love the reply so much I had to click (Does liking replies count for anything?)
(mon bison powered by magnets, Tue 1 Feb 2011, 9:36, closed)