The only thing they knew for sure was Sarber's boat was found but he never was.. I don't think they ruled out a bear..
Somewhere in my stuff, I have old articles either by him or about him.. He had all kinds of rifles.. If I remember right he mostly used the .30-06, but he killed some bear, maybe only one with the .270 and a heavy bullet..

He also did a lot of predator control.. He shot a .220 Swift Improved.. I am not sure if he was a warden or and ADC man.
He did shoot seals to use in making a special wolf poison..
He wrote the best bear hunting story I ever read.. It was republished in FUR-Fish-Game some years ago.. He hunted down a mankilling bear.. To say it was a thriller isn't enough..
He shot it in the neck with a .30-06, mentioned the bullet broke up.. He was also a custom stock maker at least for his own rifles.. Very interesting man..


Molon Labe