Alaska man's quick shot kills charging bear(AK)

newsminer ^ | 15 August, 2009 | AP

[marktwain]

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - While walking with his dogs near his house in Soldotna, a snap of a twig prompted Greg Brush to glance over his shoulder.

When he turned, he saw a bear charging full speed at him from less than 20 yards away. Backpedaling, Brush was able to fire his gun once or twice. It was enough. The bear dropped dead.

"Came with zero warning," Brush told the Anchorage Daily News of the Aug. 2 bear encounter. "No woof, no popping of the teeth, no standing up, nothing like what you think."

[marktwain]

Great Bear Story.

[Sarah Barracuda]

Quick, someone call PETA and Ashley Judd and let them know if this grave injustice

[Jet Jaguar]

Alaska. You gotta love it.

[Savage Beast]

Gee! A bear charged my wife. She threw a book at it, hit it in the nose, and it turned and ran away. I don’t mess with her. The bear or the wife.

[blackbart.223]

"Backpedaling, Brush was able to fire his gun once or twice. It was enough. The bear dropped dead."

Two shots, one kill. Close enough.

[DTogo]

But... what did he shoot the bear with (make/caliber)?

[org.whodat]

Originally published Friday, August 14, 2009 , nothing like up to date news!!

[fso301]

But... what did he shoot the bear with (make/caliber)?

Don't know the make or caliber but it appears to have been a pistol.

The fishing guide said he carries a pistol on walks because bears have chased his dogs before. He barely had time to shoot.

[1066AD]

Ruger 454 Casull.

Short barrel, can you spell RECOIL !

[umgud]

But... what did he shoot the bear with (make/caliber)?

Ruger Super Redhawk, .454 Casull.

[blackbart.223]

"But... what did he shoot the bear with (make/caliber)?"

Maybe a .375 H&H magnum. A lot of those guys carry them up there.

[going hot]

454 casull

[umgud]

[Former MSM Viewer]

all it said was it was a pistol....

[DTogo]

Boring story without that info and a pic... :(

[Kathy in Alaska]

From the comments after the article...

"Saw the story last week in the Alaska outdoor website,the Bear was old and looked starved from the pics,he dropped it with a Ruger 454."

[blackbart.223]

"Ruger Super Redhawk, .454 Casull."

Great weapon. Mine is .44 magnum. But I don't have to shoot grizzly bears where I live.

[DTogo]

A-ha, thanks! So what does Kathy pack when she walks her dogs?

[happyathome]

Ummm....

I think I’d get some new dogs. They’re supposed to be a bit more situationally aware than that.

[crazydad]

ITS BRUSHES FAULT!!!!!HAHAA

[blackbart.223]

The Super Redhawk is a spitting image of mine. Almost.

[Josh Painter]

“Furry, lovable critter-murdering monster!” Didn’t he know he was supposed to just stand there and let the bear maul him? Same goes for the guy who fought off a rabid wolf up there the other day.

“These bloodthirsty gun-toting Alaskans are speciesists, just like that horrible Palin woman.”

/sarc

- JP

[A.A. Cunningham]

Read all about it:

Soldotna mans brush with bear too close for comfort [drops grizzly with Ruger .454 -- MUST-SEE]

[DTogo]

Wow!!

[null and void]

Wimp.

A real man uses a knife...

Man (Freeper kanawa) stabs bear to death

[concentric circles]

Greg Brush stands in the woods to illustrate where he first saw the bear when it charged him as he walked down the center of the gravel road. The bruin's final resting spot is evident.

Photos Courtesy Of Greg Brush
The claws of a large male brown bear that was killed by Greg Brush after the bruin charged him last Sunday less than a quarter of a mile away from his home off Mackey Lake Road.

Photo by Sherri Brush
Greg Brush was walking his dogs near his Soldotna home August 2, 2009 when he was attacked by a brown bear he later estimated at 900 pounds. Brush shot and killed the starving bear as it charged him without warning, he said. He had spared others on his property.

Ruger .454 Casull Super Redhawk Alaskan

[terycarl]

ALWAYS take a gun to a bear fight

[dhs12345]

LOL!!

Check this out!

http://video.google.com/videosearch?hl=en&source=hp&q=ruger+.454+alaskan&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=UZi5Sp7HOYqkNbinxDs&sa=X&oi=video_result_group&ct=title&resnum=4#

[umgud]

The Super Redhawk is a spitting image of mine. Almost.

I should have got the 44mag, less recoil, cheaper to shoot and can take care of everything I need to shoot.

I have taken deer, hogs, black bear and hopefully elk soon.

[MHGinTN]

I’m sure Cass Sunstein is soliciting for a lawyer to represent the dead bear as we write these posts ...

[P8riot]

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. Bear steaks.

Season opens in Virginia in a little over two weeks. Don't have any the size of that, but a 350 to 400lb blackie is nothin to sneeze at.

[blackbart.223]

"I have taken deer, hogs, black bear and hopefully elk soon."

Since you have the .454 Hold on tight and let the elk have it with that. Recoil won't be an issue at that point.

[blackbart.223]

"I’m sure Cass Sunstein is soliciting for a lawyer to represent the dead bear as we write these posts ..."

Don't give him any ideas.

[LibWhacker]

Wow, thing’s got no fat him. You can see his ribs. Don’t Alaska browns hibernate for the winter and fatten up for it? Smart dude, carrying that revolver! But it’s time for three or four youngish Karelian Bear dogs if he wants a little more warning next time.

[1066AD]

What do they taste like ? Deoends upon their diet I suppose. The most exotic meat I’ve ever (knowingly) had was reindeer.

[razorback-bert]

Not as big as one I saw last year in Alaska, guide estimated him at 1400 pounds.

The bear was 75 yards away and our guide had his Remington .375 H&H handy.

[IDFbunny]

The ribs are showing. That bear was hungry and starving. It looks skinny when it should have been fat for winter.

Only desperate, hungry bears think to eat nasty tasting people.

[Joe Boucher]

Nope just federalies.

[Jimmy Valentine]

"If you go out in the woods today, you better not go alone,

If you go out in the woods today,you might not make it home,"Teddy Bears Picnic

[P8riot]

What do they taste like ?

Kind of like beef or buffalo. Depends on how they are prepared, and the condition of the animal, and what it has been eating (as you said). Bears that live mostly on berries and such tend to taste better than ones that have a diet mostly of meat. This one looked like it was starved, so he most likely was digging through trash and eating anything he could kill (or find), the meat will probably be of a lower quality. If you're gonna kill a bear for meat, make sure it looks healthy. He obviously didn't have a choice with this one.

[Rum Tum Tugger]

Great weapon. Mine is .44 magnum.

Mine is too with a scope. Always wondered if it would stop a bear. Guess it will.

[P8riot]

This is a bear gun. This Ruger Redhawk started out as a .44MAG, but was rechambered by Hamilton Bowen as a 5 shot .475Linebaugh (405gr @ 1400FPS). This is sufficient for ANY large game in North America, even moose. It has taken a 900+lb Alaskan Brown (similar to this one). It took two shots at just over 40yds (the first one proved to be the fatal one, and the second shot was for good measure).

[catpuppy]

Yikes.

[null and void]

Only desperate, hungry bears think to eat nasty tasting people.

The human race only survived its early years because we smelled bad and tasted worse!

[IDFbunny]

Modern humans are still worse. I heard a story of how the Vietcong could smell Americans in the jungle; cologne, tooth paste, shampoo, sunscreen, ben gay, deets, deoderant, medicines, fed foods with a thousand ingredients that include preservatives, msg, nitrates, chlorine, etc, etc.

[The Comedian]

[Joe 6-pack]

"The most exotic meat I’ve ever (knowingly) had was reindeer."

Since you're in Texas, I'm assuming you've had 'gator, gar steak and rattlesnake. In my home state of PA, exotic meat means either scrapple or...

Groundhog Pie

[null and void]

Our SF tracked them by the smells of garlic and Nuoc Nam.

[IDFbunny]

I don’t know what Nuoc Nam is but I bet the smell was pretty ripe.

[Lurker]

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