The men hiked nearly five kilometres back to their trucks, where they could see bear tracks that indicated two animals had been following them that day.
“It was totally a predatory attack and not a defensive attack because there was no threat,” Herbert said. “Unfortunately we were on the menu that night.”
Thanks for the pings.
Sounds like it was a Keystone Kop episode and lucky neither of them was really hurt, thankfully they weren’t. Hopefully they learned from it that they keep loaded weapons in the tent in bear country.
Your info on camping in grizzly and brown bear country is good info, Yank. It’s always good to hear from FReepers that have first hand experience on whatever subject is being discussed.
I find it somewhat disappointing that there are always some who chime in that if a hunter is hurt it’s their own fault because it’s a dangerous sport.
There are many people in Alaska and a fair number in Canada that hunt not for the sport but to put meat on the table. I suppose if one of them are hurt by an animal they’d feel differently about the person being hurt. I for one don’t feel that way about anyone getting hurt in any sport because for the most part they have the courage to not live in a glass bubble.