Posted on 02/26/2022 4:54:26 AM PST by marktwain
This is another in a series of self-defense against bear events uncovered in a Freedom of Information Act request done by AmmoLand. It seems they have not been published before.
At about 10 a.m. on the morning of May 28, 2016, a father-son pair of shed antler collectors were searching for antlers in the Bear Creek drainage of the Shoshone National Forest, about 16 miles northeast of Dubois, Wyoming.
The father and son had separated. The father went up a draw, and the son went up a side hill to a flat bench. The son had reached the top of the bench when he saw a “brown flash” in the tree line above him. He thought his father had probably flushed an animal out of the draw. As he looked at it again, he realized it was a grizzly bear, and it was running toward him.
The son yelled at the bear and drew his Springfield sub-compact. He did not have a round in the chamber. The Springfield comes with a 9 round and a 10 round magazine. He chambered a round and checked to be sure the safety was off. The pistol was new. He had never fired it before. His father had owned the same model for some time.
The son noticed, as the bear continued to run at him, that it appeared to be in full charge mode, with its ears laid back. He noticed a cub was with the sow. As the sow came within 30 yards of him, he started firing at the bear and moving to put a small tree between him and the charging grizzly.
The son fired his final rounds as the charging bear approached within feet. The bear went down and slid downslope about five yards where it died. In the investigation which followed,
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that’s too bad. I’m glad the humans survived. The grizzly is certainly a magnificent creature. The ones that attack armed and alert humans will perish.
Thanks,
Felt like I was there!
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“Get Some!” is right.
Did I miss the age
of the Son?
“shed antler collector”... had to look that one up, not being a hunter:
https://www.bonecollector.com/why-you-shouldnt-use-shed-antler-traps/
I don’t mind the thinning out of a few shed hunters.
They scavange year round, they push elk and deer to exhaustion, they do it for money.
I remember an idiot here in town who services garage doors when not out harrassing big game.
He was walking back toward town when he somehow hooked his bear spray trigger, put up a blast of the stuff which blew back on him, almost put him out, and caused his dog to flee for half the afternoon, which made me laugh.
BTW he wasw also a crappy garage door man. Moron.
What’s really surprising is how well the kid stood up under the pressure of a charging grizzly, and managed to get off a few fatal rounds… And another thing that’s amazing is that it’s a 40 caliber pistol and not something heavier. Kid definitely had a guardian angel sitting on his shoulder that day.
Stories like this usually do not have a happy ending.
+1
5.56mm
Of course, that was Jerry Miculek. As a shooter, he is in a stratosphere of his own. He hit a balloon at 1,000 yards with a .44 magnum revolver! It took him 4 shots but the other three shots were near misses which just proved that the hit was not a fluke. Jerry and his .44 I'd be pretty confident against a charging grizzly if Jerry Miculek was between me and the bear with his .44 magnum. I'd guessing though if he had a choice for that situation, he'd be armed with a rifle or shotgun.
Your point though is spot on. Someone who is experienced with a pistol can get off a lot of shots off in a hurry.
No. It was not reported. Identities were redacted in the FOIA return.
Sonny did good,Absolutely.
The Firearm did it’s Job
Being untested is a Plus.
Thanks Dean.
That is a shame that the cub died. The mother was only defending her young. I wish she had never crossed the path of those two antler collectors.
Or better yet, she went the other way. A hair-trigger sow grizzly that would charge from that far is a danger to any other person who gets even remotely close to her.
Wow… awesome read, thank you!
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Article at AmmoLand.
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BEER ATTACKS!
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Thanks Dean
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