Anyone have more details? Sow/cub type thing? You just never know, got to stay vigilant in those parts. I've only been deer hunting once in SE and had to defend myself. Fortunately ended with a dead bear.
Alaska State Troopers were notified of an overdue deer hunter in the Sitka area on Oct. 29. Alaska Wildlife Troopers, USCG, and Sitka SAR, conducted land-based searches on Wednesday, with three search teams combing in the remote wooded area that they reached with the help of a state trooper vessel and Sitka search-and-rescue vessel.
By 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, the remains 50-year-old Tad Fujioka of Sitka were found near a deer carcass. Investigation revealed he was the likely victim of a fatal bear mauling.
Fujioka, who was a salmon troller, was chairman of the Board of Directors of Seafood Producers Cooperative and was active in advocacy for the troll fishery in Southeast Alaska. He was also a parent.
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I can't figure out why he would 1. cache a deer overnight on baranof and 2. come back for it by himself.
You can't prevent all bear interactions but geez, that's putting yourself in the very highest risk category. SEAK deer hunters are already high enough risk without adding those two variables.
Anyone have more details? Sow/cub type thing? You just never know, got to stay vigilant in those parts. I've only been deer hunting once in SE and had to defend myself. Fortunately ended with a dead bear.
If you don’t mind sharing your bear attack, I would like to hear the story and details of how it happened and what you used to kill the bear.
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Everything that you can imagine as a death you do not want to experience is encompassed in being attacked, and eaten by a bear. I can not imagine a worse way to go.
Everything that you can imagine as a death you do not want to experience is encompassed in being attacked, and eaten by a bear. I can not imagine a worse way to go.
Everything that you can imagine as a death you do not want to experience is encompassed in being attacked, and eaten by a bear. I can not imagine a worse way to go.
Tad sounded like a good Dude, RIP.
A worse way to go would be living a long life and going into an aged-care home, becoming a vegetable and never really having taken any risks and doing the things you would have liked to have done.
Everything that you can imagine as a death you do not want to experience is encompassed in being attacked, and eaten by a bear. I can not imagine a worse way to go.
Tad sounded like a good Dude, RIP.
A worse way to go would be living a long life and going into an aged-care home, becoming a vegetable and never really having taken any risks and doing the things you would have liked to have done.
You mean like Carter?
I have done some research based on Forensic Analysis of humans killed and eaten by bears. In most cases is it a relatively slow death. Guess what actually kills people in most cases when it comes to bears attacks?
I do not like the thought or prospect of being in a vegetative state in a nursing home, luckily for Canadians we can opt for Euthanasia.
Guess what actually kills people in most cases when it comes to bears attacks?
At one time I believe it was sepsis. if you were to look at recent statistics, I suspect that’s no longer the case, and it is probably trauma secondary to the initial attack. But if you have the numbers and verified statistics, please share. Also curious if your numbers are broken down black vs. brown.
From what I have read, based on Forensic Analysis, victims bleed out.
What a Grizz will do once you are incapacitated it will start by eating your arms or legs, while it holds you down by simply putting a paw on your chest as it eats you alive. This accounts for the bleeding out aspect.
Most people think you are dead with a paw slap, that is not what happens. Videos of bears eating prey, display this scenario.
I started reading about and studying bear attacks when I moved out west and started bow hunting in Grizz country. Scared the chit out of me which is why when I bow hunt, I always hold my shotgun in my hands and my bow in on my sling until I need it.
They do not mind the screaming, crying or death moaning as they dine, here is an example with a calf elk.
Don't not watch if you have a weak stomach. Nature is brutal.
From what I have read, based on Forensic Analysis, victims bleed out.
What a Grizz will do once you are incapacitated it will start by eating your arms or legs, while it holds you down by simply putting a paw on your chest as it eats you alive. This accounts for the bleeding out aspect.
In your reading of forensic analysis, what percentage of “grizz” attacks are predatory?
From what I have read, based on Forensic Analysis, victims bleed out.
What a Grizz will do once you are incapacitated it will start by eating your arms or legs, while it holds you down by simply putting a paw on your chest as it eats you alive. This accounts for the bleeding out aspect.
In your reading of forensic analysis, what percentage of “grizz” attacks are predatory?
To be honest, I read it many years ago when I moved out west from Queerbec, there are no Grizz in Queerbec, so I wasn't concerned about it, when I started hunting in the Rockies, I educated myself. If you Google it you may be able to find it.
I have killed many bears, and I have no intention of being eaten alive by a bear. I would not have left a deer carcass over night and gone back to get it like Tad did.
