Posted on 07/10/2024 7:14:04 AM PDT by Navy Patriot
Hunter Tyce Erickson has the story of a lifetime after recently taking down a Kodiak bear.
Erickson went viral over the weekend after several social media accounts shared a photo of the massive bear he took down in Alaska.
Naturally, I had to dive into the details. Erickson revealed in a podcast that they were tracking the wounded bear that he had shot with a rifle when it charged him and his guide. Upon being charged, the guide fired two shots from his rifle - at least one hit - but the bear wasn't down.
That's when Tyde fired with his 10mm to put it down before one final rifle shot from the guide, but there's a lot more to unpack!
(Excerpt) Read more at outkick.com ...
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Joe should invite him to the White House. He could regale him with tales from his grizzly hunting days.
Thanks, Gnarled, ya beat me to it!
I'll supply the toothpicks.
“A 10MM pistol delayed a wounded Kodiak long enough to prevent injury, and probably killed it.”
——————Several hits from rifle!-—————
Tyce hits the bear with a rifle to begin the tracking process.
Guide fires two shots from his rifle as the bear charges them.
Tyce fires three shots at the bear with his 10mm.
One final shot from a rifle as it’s down for the count to put an end to it.
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Guide says “stop shooting”. Didn’t want to damage skull.
Me: bang, bang, bang, bang..... Dang. Out of ammo!
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Wow, that’s a big bear
I don’t have a lot of experience running away from Bears, however, it looks big to me, as well.
The database should reflect that the hunter was on defense because he wounded the bear instead of killing it. The bear was on defense.
You have to wonder about intentionally wounding an animal as part of the tracking process. But then that Kodiak may have needed an RPG to have a one shot kill.
These combination defenses are not included in the handgun statistics, because you cannot separate out the effect of the handgun from the other lethal means.
They are included in the database because a commitment has been made to include all cases which can be documented, where a handgun was fired in defense against a bear or bears.
You don't intentionally wound an animal, you want to hopefully take it down with one shot so that you don't have to track it.
The title makes it sound like the bear attacked first. That does not appear to be the case.
A few years ago a FReeper took down a bear with only a knife somewhere in the Midwest.
That's why I refer to the Firearms-Hunting-Outdoor Communities for statistical analysis and accuracy.
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