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Montana Elk Hunter gets 90 Stitches from Grizzly Bear Attack
Am Shooting Journal ^ | 9/12/2017 | T Smola

Posted on 09/12/2017 5:41:40 AM PDT by w1n1

This hunter heard his skull cracking when it was in the mouth of a Montana grizzly! An Idaho hunter is lucky to be alive after a run-in with a grizzly bear in Montana.

Tom Sommer was hunting with another man, named Dan, when the two stumbled across the grizzly feeding on a carcass only 30 yards away.

Yelling didn't scare the animal away and the bear charged. While Sommer’s partner was able to ward off the bear with a blast of bear spray, Sommer’s picked the absolute worst time to malfunction. According to a Facebook post by friend Mike Asker, the bear then chased the hunter around a tree twice before it caught up to him.

Like most prepared hunters in the American West, the pepper spray wasn’t the only defense Sommer was carrying. But like a scene from a movie, when Sommer attempted to shoot the bruin with a handgun, the bear just knocked his hand down with brute force.

This was also apparent when the animal was able to get a hold of Sommer, first biting his thigh before grabbing his head. In what had to be a horrifying experience, Asker’s Facebook post says Sommer heard his skull crack from the pressure of the bear's jaws. Read the rest of the Montana Grizzly bear attack here.


TOPICS: Hobbies; Outdoors
KEYWORDS: grizzlybearattack; hunting
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To: shotgun
Yes, please. Extra pepper on my human!


21 posted on 09/12/2017 6:55:58 AM PDT by Delta 21
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To: w1n1

Montana Elk Hunter gets 90 Stitches From Grizzly Bear Attack

Wow. I can’t believe the bear knows how to sew. Mighty considerate of it, though.


22 posted on 09/12/2017 6:57:26 AM PDT by Yaelle (Leftist trees bear strange fruit...blood on the leaves, blood on the root...)
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To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra
I read, long ago, that if attacked by a bear, shoot for a front shoulder to disable it. True?

No.

Shoot your hunting buddy in the knee and run.

23 posted on 09/12/2017 7:00:28 AM PDT by Jim Noble (Single payer is coming. Which kind do you like?)
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To: w1n1

Seriously? Two guys—packing. And pepper spray is used? WTF


24 posted on 09/12/2017 7:04:49 AM PDT by WKUHilltopper (WKU 2016 Boca Raton Bowl Champions)
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To: tired&retired

INDUBITABLY!!:)


25 posted on 09/12/2017 7:05:19 AM PDT by milagro (There is no peace in appeasement!)
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To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra

“I read, long ago, that if attacked by a bear, shoot for a front shoulder to disable it. True?”

I don’t know.

I used birdshot once. Didn’t do much. He just came faster. That last one did him in at 4 ft. (It was the 2nd one) Close enough that the pattern was pretty tight. Even the wadding made it in.

It took my friend and his son to down a Kodiak last year with 5 shots of assorted loads, from a high powered rifle, to shotgun slugs, and last one was a .44 magnum I believe.

Bear spray on a charging grizzly? If that’s all you have. Ok then.


26 posted on 09/12/2017 7:05:38 AM PDT by ForYourChildren (Christian Education [ RomanRoadsMedia.com - Classical Christian Approach to Homeschool ])
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To: USS Alaska

It’s bow season here in Montana. Rifle season starts next month.

I use a 7mm mag on elk with a back up pistol for bears, 44mag.


27 posted on 09/12/2017 7:07:14 AM PDT by Comment Not Approved (When bureaucrats outlaw hunting, outlaws will hunt bureaucrats.)
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To: lurk
How much time do you have to react to a 30 yard grizzly charge? Maybe two or three seconds before he's on top of you. And he is REALLY pi$$ed because he doesn't like pepper on his meals. Pretty hard to think under those circumstances and not something you can really practice for.

Ideal:

Reality:

28 posted on 09/12/2017 7:12:18 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: w1n1

Makes one realize what Jedediah Smith and Hugh Glass went through in the early 1800s.


29 posted on 09/12/2017 7:47:50 AM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: w1n1; All

Another bear spray failure. The bear charged through a cloud of spray to get at Sommer. Because Sommer fumbled with his spray for precious seconds, he did not draw his handgun in time.

When finally the bear retreated after being bear sprayed (from two feet!), Sommers managed to fire a shot at the bear.

So we do not know if it were bear spray or the shot that kept the bear from returning.

I do not think any rifles were involved. The men were bow hunting.


30 posted on 09/12/2017 8:55:02 AM PDT by marktwain (President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries.)
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To: w1n1

What morons. Instead of leaving the bear to enjoy her dinner, they yelled at her. Did they ask her politely to stand still while they ran in circles and tried to spray her? Sure, some big bad hunters who decide to use a hand gun on a bear. Stupid is as stupid does.


31 posted on 09/12/2017 9:04:15 AM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
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To: marktwain

What’s the big deal? I mean..Who hasn’t heard their skull cracking from the bite of a po’d grizzly?


32 posted on 09/12/2017 9:05:27 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: w1n1

I don’t have time to find a link, but reading the Lewis and Clark journal descriptions of encountering Grizzly bears is priceless. I would recommend that for anyone interested.


33 posted on 09/12/2017 9:11:30 AM PDT by Pollster1 ("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
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To: shotgun

Agreed, poor tactical decision; however, most Fish and Game/Conservation depts. require a thorough investigation and clearly warn hunters about shooting bears or lions unless they are absolutely sure they will be mauled. Bears often make false charges ending feet or yards short of the person. gotta make a call, shoot early and the evidence does not support ( how convenient, a liberal DNC that intends to prosecute bear killers) your risk. Loss of hunting privileges in most states ( they all collude and enjoy reciprocity of hunting privilege bans).

Me, I think I’d shoot early rather than be bear toy.

Bear spay, I don’t think I ‘d even bother carrying it, other than to show “good faith”.


34 posted on 09/12/2017 9:20:43 AM PDT by Manly Warrior (US ARMY (Ret), "No Free Lunches for the Dogs of and they are allowed to vote!War")
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To: bgill

The “conventional wisdom” is to make noise to let the bear “know you are there”.

Looks like bad advice in this case.


35 posted on 09/12/2017 9:22:12 AM PDT by marktwain (President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries.)
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To: bgill

Anyone who hunts should never be surprised when the animals hunt you back.


36 posted on 09/12/2017 9:23:16 AM PDT by Newtoidaho (Proud member of Trump's army of online trol)
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To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra
" I read, long ago, that if attacked by a bear, shoot for a front shoulder to disable it. True?"

Yes, BREAK BONES! A disabled bear is a good bear.

Works for Florida looters too! :-)

37 posted on 09/12/2017 9:25:45 AM PDT by crazy scenario (USA IS cheatn` on Hillary with Trump!)
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