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West Yellowstone man dies after being attacked by grizzly bear
NBC ^ | 4-17-21

Posted on 06/01/2021 7:00:36 AM PDT by SJackson

MISSOULA, Mont. — A Montana man seriously injured from a grizzly bear attack Thursday afternoon has passed away Saturday morning.

Carl Mock, 40, suffered a massive stroke and was unable to make a recovery in an Idaho Falls hospital, according to a GoFundMe page set up for Mock.

The grizzly bear attack occurred near Bakers Hole Campground, about 3 miles north of West Yellowstone.

A group of seven investigators, including FWP game wardens and bear specialists, as well as Forest Service personnel, revisited the site Friday to assess ongoing public safety risks and continue the investigation.

They yelled and made continuous noise as they walked toward the site to haze away any bears in the area. Before they reached the site, a bear began charging the group. Despite multiple attempts by all seven people to haze away the bear, it continued its charge. Due to this immediate safety risk, the bear was shot and died about 20 yards from the group. The bear was an older-age male grizzly.

Investigators later found a moose carcass cached within 50 yards of Thursday’s attack. This indicates the bear was defending a food source during the attack.

Recreationists, residents and people who work outdoors can be prepared for a surprise bear encounter. Activities that are deliberately quiet or fast moving, such as hunting, mountain biking or trail running, put people at greater risk for surprising a bear. When you’re outside, keep these precautions in mind:

Be aware of your surroundings and look for bear sign.

Read signs at trailheads and stay on trails. Be especially careful around creeks and in areas with dense brush.

Carry bear spray. Know how to use it and be prepared to deploy it immediately.

Travel in groups whenever possible and make casual noise, which can help alert bears to your presence.

Stay away from animal carcasses, which often attract bears.

Follow food storage orders from the applicable land management agency.

If you encounter a bear, never approach it. Back away slowly and leave the area.


TOPICS: Outdoors
KEYWORDS: bear; bears; missoula; montana
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To: Bulwyf

It would be if I saw a grizzly!......................


61 posted on 06/01/2021 8:47:34 AM PDT by Red Badger (Jesus said there is no marriage in Heaven. That's why they call it Heaven.....................)
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To: Clutch Martin
“We have Black Bears in Florida. They are a protected species. We are up to our ears in bears ..................”

I've been watching all the YouTube videos of adorable black and grizzly bear cubs wrestling with siblings, ambling across and turning back to other sides of roads with lines of cars waiting etc. All these mama bears have 3,4,5 cubs. I remember thinking there will have to be a season on bears.

(that isn't even taking into account all the bear families on the decks of houses or in the jacuzzi)

I'm still marveling at the dead grizzly found 15 miles away from the encounter with 6 .44 slugs in his chest.

62 posted on 06/01/2021 8:50:01 AM PDT by Let's Roll ("You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality" -- Ayn Rand)
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To: Red Badger

Come visit up here, I want to see this for myself hah.

There’s more Grizzly here than you can count.

They are not endangered in the slightest and never were. I know the man who used to work in the office next to the guy who’s job it was to count and track the bears, and he fudged the numbers all the time to keep his position open. Typically government worker, they want to keep feeding at the trough.


63 posted on 06/01/2021 8:51:56 AM PDT by Bulwyf
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To: ctdonath2
Are you suggesting we can't carry in Nat'l Parks?

Cuz I still do. (S&W 686 7rd w 200 gr. hardcast, in a shoulder holster)

64 posted on 06/01/2021 8:56:36 AM PDT by G Larry (Force the Universities to use their TAX FREE ENDOWMENTS to pay off Student loan debt!!!)
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To: G Larry

We can. Just noting you’re more likely to get convicted of a felony for entering a Park outhouse while carrying, than to get mauled by a grizzly. That’s not diminishing the odds of the latter, just addressing the specter of the former.


65 posted on 06/01/2021 9:00:00 AM PDT by ctdonath2 (All worry about monsters that'll eat our face, but it's our job to ask WHY it wants to eat our face.)
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To: Bulwyf

No thanks!
Black Bears are scary enough as it is!.....................


66 posted on 06/01/2021 9:01:58 AM PDT by Red Badger (Jesus said there is no marriage in Heaven. That's why they call it Heaven.....................)
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To: gov_bean_ counter
So shooting would be a boo boo???


67 posted on 06/01/2021 9:04:58 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Reno89519

When riding or hiking I never went armed. I respected bears - saw a good number of them, even sows with cubs. When accompanying tourists on a wilderness ride always had a rifle with me. Never had to use it. And if I had it would have. been to scare them off vs shooting them.


68 posted on 06/01/2021 9:04:59 AM PDT by Bobibutu
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To: Red Badger

Aww! come on!

I almost had myself a timber wold the size of a female elk. He was as tall, I’d estimate about 210lbs.

I didn’t have my usual truck rifle that day, and was carrying a backup mare’s leg with a full stock in .357 with crap sights. Just a quick self defense thing. If I had the usual, I would of taken him. He would of looked good on my sled deck driving back into town heh.


69 posted on 06/01/2021 9:05:14 AM PDT by Bulwyf
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To: Bulwyf

I was being sarcastic. Would have thought you know me well enough and you are smart enough to pick up on that.

As for the rest of what you said, I’m assuming the 36th G7 in 2010? Are you bragging? LOL


70 posted on 06/01/2021 9:09:25 AM PDT by DallasGal (Le temps fuit sans retour )
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To: ctdonath2

Should holster is under unbuttoned fishing shirt, so concealed when I want.


71 posted on 06/01/2021 9:12:52 AM PDT by G Larry (Force the Universities to use their TAX FREE ENDOWMENTS to pay off Student loan debt!!!)
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To: DallasGal

Summit in 03 Rocky foothills. I’m not bragging, that was a dull assignment.


72 posted on 06/01/2021 9:14:42 AM PDT by Bulwyf
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To: Bulwyf

02 was in Kananaskis and Chrétien was PM. Hence why I said 10 because Harper was PM at that time. But that would have been after ETS now that I think about it.

03 was in France.

Ok not bragging. Just exceptionally detailed. Could not have been too dull if a bear was taken down.


73 posted on 06/01/2021 9:36:27 AM PDT by DallasGal (Le temps fuit sans retour )
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To: Beagle8U

seriesly?


74 posted on 06/01/2021 9:46:28 AM PDT by Uncle Miltie (I'm changing my name to 'Spike Protien'!)
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To: SJackson
Was the bear traveling with another bear named Boo-Boo? And was the bear wearing a tie?

All kidding aside, prayers to his family.

75 posted on 06/01/2021 10:09:36 AM PDT by Deplorable American1776 (Rest In PEACE, Rush H. Limbaugh III. You are missed already...)
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To: Uncle Miltie

Yup, try it.

Put bacon grease on a tin can and bear will chew holes all over it.


76 posted on 06/01/2021 10:43:59 AM PDT by Beagle8U ("Jim Acosta pissed in the shallow end of the press pool.")
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To: TangoLimaSierra

Dittos to that!


77 posted on 06/01/2021 11:01:46 AM PDT by bobby.223 (Retired up in the snowy Mountains of the American Redoubt and it's a great life!)
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To: Clutch Martin

I like the idea of loosening the cap on the dart. Haven’t tried that. I love my blow gun. Used in on small game before.


78 posted on 06/01/2021 11:02:09 AM PDT by CJ Wolf ( what is scarier than offensive words? Not being able to say them...God wins. )
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To: TangoLimaSierra

LMAO!


79 posted on 06/01/2021 8:18:07 PM PDT by SgtHooper (If you remember the 60's, YOU WEREN'T THERE!)
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To: Seruzawa

Well, if bears like you more than dogs, how is having any dogs gonna help? ;-)


80 posted on 06/01/2021 8:24:09 PM PDT by SgtHooper (If you remember the 60's, YOU WEREN'T THERE!)
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