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"David Fairbanks, a spokesman for STARS air ambulance, said the man, 56, was not only mauled, but also shot by his hunting partner who was trying to neutralize the animal."
this also happened a few years ago near Cooke City. another plug for bear spray here
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I hope his partner shooting the Griz and him scared the bear off him. Doesn't say where he was shot.
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n007; Happy Thanksgiving to you sir and thanks for the link.
It made my heart skip a bit of a beat as our friend and neighbor just got back from his mining job in the Yukon last week and immediately headed to the Kootenays to chase elk.
As I've read of too many instances where the attacked hunter has been shot in one of these melees, the girls and I have gone over our action plan a multitude of times so I hope we can make it work if our day with a bear ever comes.
By the way, our plan is to shoot the hip bones out of anything until it collapses and then go from there.
I realize that these sort of situations are fluid to say the least and in no way am I condemning the folks involved here, merely stating what our family emergency plan is.
Thanks again for the link sir and all the best to you folks this weekend and in your upcoming hunts.
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n007; Yes indeed it would.
When the two BC hunters were attacked in their tent while sheep hunting near Radium a few years back I was able to correspond a wee bit with one of the gentlemen involved.
Anyway my thoughts and prayers are with the injured hunter and his family this Thanksgiving for sure.
None of us hope to have such encounters, but it's good to have a plan in the event our number comes up.
Thanks again sir and again all the best to you folks.
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Well that made my butt pucker!
I've hunted 4x with an outfitter based in Fernie. He talked about there regularly being bears 'round the town' dump, & it sure looked like bear country to me.
Prayers for all involved.
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think that the 3r in Canada involving hunters this year
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I"m not sure spray is the ticket, BUT thinking about it a bit more, maybe if everyone has a small canister attached to them, if the person being attacked could get a squirt in the face... might allow the others to shoot.
Kind of wakes you up... a month ago I was cleaning a moose all by myself in Alaska, at night, done around 1AM. I thought I was doing all the best I could and evidently it worked out, but something walked up, you could not hear much of anything at all, just muffled... who knows.. but I went over and started the 6 wheeler out in the bush just to be safe. Evidently it worked.
We are not at the top of the food chain in some instances. And some days my mantra of why carry a pistol when you have a rifle... well at least I carry a hell for stout knife ....knife at a bear fight doesn't sound so good though...
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we had a similar incident he a few years ago. one of the party was killed by a youngster. just a tragedy all around. praying for all involved it this instance. griz are nothing to play with nor are blackies. I always carry here where I live even when running my dogs. as I have apples all over the place we have bears regularly and I respect them as being above me on the food chain.
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Yes bringing a knife to a bear fight is kinda like showing up at gun fight with a baseball bat. Maybe not the best idea maybe also having bear spray might be better. Just saying . Cheers NC
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I'll never be without some type of fighting fixed blade knife as a last resort, it can get you out of all kinds of other issues too... rope bindings, etc....
But I suspect I really should start carrying a pistol, and a mini canister of spray.... as long as either or both are still accessible while rolling around on the ground either or both could help save the day.
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Great bear pics. But I have to ask what is the fixture on power poles that I can see in the background of the bear on the left in the first picture.
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According to his friend here in Edgewater the bear was shot 8 times one bullet passed through the bear into the victims leg. I believe they were elk hunting so I expect it was a proper hunting rifle. But I'll ask Jeremy what it was shot with.
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Guess I'd much rather be shot in the leg, than finished off by the bear!
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CBC Whitehorse is saying a woman has died after an encounter with a bear near Teslin yesterday.
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tangozulu; Good morning to you sir, I trust all is well with you folks this cool wet fall morning. I'll have to look that up on the CBC site and see what they say. My goodness it's been that kind of fall so far for bears hasn't it? Yesterday morning I was chasing whitetail in one of the few spots we might see a grizzly in my part of the world when I ran upon a large number of fresh bear scat piles. It made my the morning coffee kick in a wee bit quicker anyway - that I will say..... As I only saw a smallish but very nicely furred black bear it was an uneventful morning. Thanks again, all the best to you folks and good hunting. Dwayne
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Rog; Thanks for the additional info and if you're able to please pass along my best wishes to the chap who's been wounded.
Good grief 8 rounds is a pile isn't it? I'd not like to participate in that sort of rodeo anymore.
I'll admit that while I carry 10 on me when I'm hunting here, the next 5 are in my pack and not available in a big hurry if the situation required it.
If you do get anymore information I'll love to read about it and would appreciate you passing it along.
All the best to you and yours Roger, hopefully we can make a coffee together next time you're out this way.
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Rog; Thanks for the additional info and if you're able to please pass along my best wishes to the chap who's been wounded.
Good grief 8 rounds is a pile isn't it? I'd not like to participate in that sort of rodeo anymore.
I'll admit that while I carry 10 on me when I'm hunting here, the next 5 are in my pack and not available in a big hurry if the situation required it.
If you do get anymore information I'll love to read about it and would appreciate you passing it along.
All the best to you and yours Roger, hopefully we can make a coffee together next time you're out this way.
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stew; I wondered about that - thanks for the info.
My comment was meant to mean that I mostly hunt solo and if push came to shove as it did with these chaps I may not have enough ammo "on hand" so to speak to sort it out.
As I mentioned to tangozulu, it's been a bit of a bad year for bear encounters hasn't it?
Thanks again and all the best to you this fall.
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