‘I was convinced I was dead.’ Man survives grizzly attack in Henrys Lake State Park

EastIdahoNews.com ^ | 6-3-20 | Nate Eaton

[SJackson]

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From 20 feet a holstered handgun might not have helped much either. Pictures of wound at the link. Obviously defending the cubs, glad he's ok

[1Old Pro]

they will now carry large cowbells on their backs and bear spray in their hands

Good luck with that.

[dp0622]

I heard it was a grizzly scene.

I couldn’t bear to watch something like that.

Sorry.

I always thought I might get thrown off of here for my cussing.

I hope bad jokes and quips aren’t the final straw :)

I stopped cussing.

[RandallFlagg]

Ping!
I know you have an interest in these.

[PGR88]

My friend who hunts in that area carries a holstered 10mm handgun, in case his rifle is slung on his back.

[davidb56]

Its much faster to draw a magnum from a holster than a can of bear spray. A superblackhawk has a natural hand grip, bear spray does not. You can practice and dry fire with snap cartridges all day, but you cant dry fire bear spray. You stick with the spray, I’ll stick with my Ruger. Im in the woods almost everyday in Northern Idaho. Im sure there are instances where there is absolutely no time to draw, but if someone is with you, they will.

[Cowgirl of Justice]

I knew someone who was killed and eventually eaten by a bear. Very, very horrific.

[choctaw man]

Inferior weapons just piss the bear off...

[Cowgirl of Justice]

I’VE GOT A FEVER FOR MORE COWBELL!!!

[1Old Pro]

My friend who hunts in that area carries a holstered 10mm handgun, in case his rifle is slung on his back.

There's a great picture out there/here with a gal fishing with a 44 in a chest holster. That's what I would want if I were in Grizzly country.

[Bonemaker]

"They were carrying bear spray and bells..."

Bear dinner bells...." here comes food.."!😎

[diatomite]

I always carried a 44 magnum Ruger in a shoulder holster when in grizzly bear country.

[ZinGirl]

“On the way down, we warned a lady walking her dog that there was a grizzly up there, and she didn’t believe us ....”

Wait....so you see a couple most likely distressed and at least one of them is bleeding from the stomach..and you’re told a grizzly is up there...and you think “nah...they’re just distraught about something else and he is bleeding profusely from something else. He probably has some disorder where he just bleeds from the stomach sometimes”. I would freaking believe them.

[Hatteras]

"...but they will now carry large cowbells on their backs... "

There's got to be a Gary Larson take on that somewhere...

[Troublemaker]

I live in between Big Sky and West Yellowstone, MT, in prime bear territory, on a number of acres. I usually carry a 10mm or a 45-70 when I am working on the property. Just last week, I came across a grizzly in the woods and wasn’t carrying. He was about 30 yards ahead of me, I stopped, and he decided to keep walking the direction he was going (left to right, in front of me). I was very fortunate and highly disappointed in myself for not being protected/prepared. In 25+ years, it was my closest call on this property.

[rktman]

How about a .44 mag or S&W .500?

[TangoLimaSierra]

...they will now carry large cowbells on their backs and bear spray in their hands.

Poor bear will have a hard time passing that cowbell.

[rktman]

You took a swipe at humor. Had me in stitches. You really clawed your way out of some ridicule.

[I-ambush]

Probably something to do with a dinner bell.