These pictures are of a man who works for the US Forest Service in Alaska , and his trophy bear.
He was deer hunting last week when the large grizzly charged him from about 50 yards away. The guy emptied his 7mm Magnum semi-automatic rifle into the bear and it dropped a few feet from him. The big bear was still alive so the hunter reloaded and shot it several times in the head.
The bear was just over one thousand six hundred pounds. It stood 12' 6' high at the shoulder, 14' to the top of his head. It is the largest grizzly bear ever recorded in the world.
The Alaska Fish and Wildlife Commission did not let him keep it as a trophy, of course; but the bear will be stuffed and mounted, and placed on display at the Anchorage airport to remind tourists of the risks involved in the wild.
Analyzing contents of the bears stomach, the Fish and Wildlife Commission established the bear had killed at least two humans in the past 72 hours, including a hiker missing two days prior to the bear's own death.
Backtracking from where the bear had originated, the US Forest Service found the hiker's emptied 38-caliber pistol. Not far from the pistol was the remains of the hiker. The other body has not been found.
Although the hiker fired six shots and managed to hit the grizzly with four (that the Service ultimately retrieved, along with twelve 7mm slugs, inside the bear's body), it only wounded the bear and probably angered it immensely.
Think about this :
If you are an average size man, you would be level with the bear's navel when he stood upright. The bear would look you in the eye when it walked on all fours! To give additional perspective, this bear, standing on its hind legs, could walk up to an average single story house and look over the roof; or stand beside a two story house and look in the upper bedroom windows.
Thanks for that D & D, thought it didn't sound right, but didn't think to check Snopes.
Big Bear though, glad I wasn't there, I'd need a change of underwear!
peterblack said
07:48 AM Jan 12, 2014
poor old bear he just looking for stuff to eat.we invade there territory then kill or complain that they attack us
Vic41 said
10:04 AM Jan 12, 2014
Here's another story of a bear interrupting a photo shoot in Canada, very dangerous animals, agree we are in their territory although some seem to be adapting to humans according to this link;
when I saw your topic heading I thought another one about Dougwe's skinny dipping, bugga I was wrong again.
03_troopy said
07:16 PM Jan 13, 2014
peterblack wrote:
poor old bear he just looking for stuff to eat.we invade there territory then kill or complain that they attack us
I doubt you'd be in any condition to complain if it attacked you. But yes I agree that we encroach and provide the conflict of interests, but what would you do in the same circumstances?
Kooroorinya Kelpie said
02:52 PM Jan 14, 2014
Why would they want to get the bear stuffed for ? I reckon it's in that condition already.
These pictures are of a man who works for the US Forest Service in Alaska ,
and his trophy bear.
He was deer hunting last week when the large grizzly charged him from
about 50 yards away. The guy emptied his 7mm Magnum semi-automatic
rifle into the bear and it dropped a few feet from him. The big bear was
still alive so the hunter reloaded and shot it several times in the head.
The bear was just over one thousand six hundred pounds. It stood
12' 6' high at the shoulder, 14' to the top of his head. It is the
largest grizzly bear ever recorded in the world.
The Alaska Fish and Wildlife Commission did not let him keep it as a trophy,
of course; but the bear will be stuffed and mounted, and placed on display
at the Anchorage airport to remind tourists of the risks involved in the wild.
Analyzing contents of the bears stomach, the Fish and Wildlife Commission
established the bear had killed at least two humans in the past 72 hours,
including a hiker missing two days prior to the bear's own death.
Backtracking from where the bear had originated, the US Forest Service
found the hiker's emptied 38-caliber pistol. Not far from the pistol was
the remains of the hiker. The other body has not been found.
Although the hiker fired six shots and managed to hit the grizzly with four
(that the Service ultimately retrieved, along with twelve 7mm slugs,
inside the bear's body), it only wounded the bear and probably angered
it immensely.
Think about this :
If you are an average size man, you would be level with the bear's navel
when he stood upright. The bear would look you in the eye when it walked
on all fours! To give additional perspective, this bear, standing on its
hind legs, could walk up to an average single story house and look over
the roof; or stand beside a two story house and look in the upper
bedroom windows.
That looks big enough to be a Kodiak, which is the largest Bear in America.
Cheers,
Sheba.
As per usual the truth is a little different. Check out: http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/bearhunt.asp
Still pretty scary though
Thanks for that D & D, thought it didn't sound right, but didn't think to check Snopes.
Big Bear though, glad I wasn't there, I'd need a change of underwear!
Here's another story of a bear interrupting a photo shoot in Canada, very dangerous animals, agree we are in their territory although some seem to be adapting to humans according to this link;
http://www.youtube.com/embed/eryxAcsTcOA?rel=0
when I saw your topic heading I thought another one about Dougwe's skinny dipping, bugga I was wrong again.
I doubt you'd be in any condition to complain if it attacked you. But yes I agree that we encroach and provide the conflict of interests, but what would you do in the same circumstances?