[thackney]

Alaskan Moose hunter and a bear ping

stay safe

[driftdiver]

He shoulda been hunting Grizz. But seriously, isnt this getting to be an epidemic?

[ProtectOurFreedom]

It sure seems the grizzly menu du jour includes people a lot more this year. This sure made us nervous and alert hiking in Yellowstone last July.

[2111USMC]

Too bad he couldn’t have taken his shot when it was 75 yards away from him.

[Eye of Unk]

This guys sounds like a Rambo, the brownies in Alaska are quite formidable in size, if I knew I was in their area I would call in artillery. My heaviest rifle is a .375 H&H with hot Barnes bullets and I still wish for more.

[LibWhacker]

Wow, lucky (and one heck of a tough) guy. I wonder if getting shot with a .30-06 caused the bear just enough discomfort to make him break off the attack “early”? I’d want something more powerful, but better a .30-06 than nothing!

[G Larry]

Backpack found 30 yards from moose carcass. Griz protecting dinner.

[Erik Latranyi]

As an avid hunter, I do not understand people who hunt in Grizzly country using inferior weapons.

I cannot find the calibers used in the Idaho fatality, but not being able to put a 400 pound grizzly down with multiple shots is an indicator (not proof) that they were using light caliber rifles.

In this story, the hunter had a .30-06, totally inadequate for grizzly.

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[decimon]

IIRC, Timothy Treadwell made it through 13 seasons with the bears. He always left when the bears began hibernating. In the 13th year he started to leave but returned. That was when a bear got him and his girlfriend.

[lurk]

Sounds like the story of mountain man Hugh Glass. Incredible story of survival after being mauled by a griz, and left for dead by his buddies.

[Ditter]

When Mr. Ditter and I were bear hunting in Canada one if our guides was an Indian. His wife had been attacked and left for dead by the bear who buried her with sticks and rocks before leaving. She knew enough to be still and play dead. He said her wounds took about 7 years to heal. About 15 minutes later we spotted our bear. I must say I was terrified!

[Krankor]

Shouldn't the headline read:

Grizzly Survives Encounter with Armed Intruder

[gettinolder]

Obviously we have a card carrying PETA pussy who has already sought out this thread as sport hunting threatens his teddy bear collection.

What a puss.

If sport hunting offends you, why the h$!! don’t you go back to DU and mix with the pussies there.

[DUMBGRUNT]

Also remember the guys who came in and picked him up!

Later, an HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter with two pararescuemen landed at the lodge, according to the Air Guard. The rescuers hopped out and helped put more bandages on Sanford while the helicopter took off and refueled in the air with an HC-130 that had also been dispatched, the Guard said.

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[texmexis best]

.45-70, .458 Winchester or 12 gauge are the rounds most guides carry.

I would never go into the bush with grizz’s in the area without a .45-70.