Another Grizzly Attacks Bowhunter
Bears
"Grizzly bear attacks and injures archery hunter in northern Idaho"
Wonder what sidearm caliber dispatched the Grizz?
https://www.yahoo.com/news/grizzly-bear-attacks-injures-archery-132700648.html
A ton of grizz attacks by Henry's lake
We just had one on opening day 50 km north west of Calgary. Population over 1.5 million and the bears are moving east out of the mountains. Guy got chewed up, can't carry handguns in Canada. Lucky to have survived as the sow and three cubs came on him. Be safe out there.
Ty for this… I’m flying in tomorrow morning for grizzly…
What’s a “km”? We need you to speak American ;^)
Dude…. It’s a Klick
That’s American! (Miles are actually British).
Bout 30 miles Lung$hot... So that attack was about 9600 rods NW of Calgary.
Yikes on the attack's. Griz are rough critters for sure.
Just FTR, I guess I was wrong about miles being an Imperial system Unit… Technically miles are “statute”, and there is an Imperial Statute system as well….
Things you learn setting up a watch these days….
"The rod, perch, or pole (sometimes also lug) is a surveyor's tool and unit of length of various historical definitions. In British imperial and US customary units, it is defined as 16+1/2 feet, equal to exactly 1/320 of a mile, or 5+1/2 yards (a quarter of a surveyor's chain), and is exactly 5.0292 meters. The rod is useful as a unit of length because integer multiples of it can form one acre of square measure (area). The 'perfect acre' is a rectangular area of 43,560 square feet, bounded by sides 660 feet (a furlong) long and 66 feet (a chain) wide (220 yards by 22 yards) or, equivalently, 40 rods by 4 rods. An acre is therefore 160 square rods or 10 square chains"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_(unit)
Attention, class, CLASS,,, the test will be first thing tomorrow...8^)))
BTW, something they didn't mention, there are 8 furlongs in a mile, or a furlong is 1/8th of a mile...8^)
A person who bets on horses should know that one...8^)
so "1/2 of 11 yards" is a 'useful' measurement. okey-dokey
Yeah, what, you've never heard of a Rod, or Rodd (16+1/2 feet),,, you must not have been paying attention in school...
Distance was also used for fence post placement back in the day...
And 3 Rodds is as far as you’re allowed to shoot on Leatherwall without having your Trad Card revoked…..
This is happening more and more. There are so many more griz in WY around Cody up towards yellowstone then just a decade ago. It surprises me every time. I have been around them often and bowhunted where there were a lot but more and more I am thinking about it...............................
Sad that she had already killed someone a few years earlier. Wonder what she has taught her cubs.
Dang, that bear had already killed a person before and officials didn't kill it?
Most likely in the first attack, it was judged a defensive attack — ie “not the bear’s fault; “Just Bein’ A Bear.”
It’s too easy to second-guess somebody else’s call when something like this happens, but I do think that the people making the calls ought to consider what the bear is likely to have learned from the encounter… As in, is it likely that in the future, the bear will not want to do that again?
That Master Guide up in AK who shot a Griz off of his clients with a 9mm sounds like he’s a big fan of hitting them with bear spray as an Educational Experience, which makes a lot of sense to me, even when the bear is “only curious”. Makes more sense to me to satisfy their curiosity by making it clear that Run Away is the best policy when encountering Humans….
found a good story on the original incident of this thread. the first four shots were with a 10mm springfield, then that hunter was getting mauled and the other opened up with alot of 45 ACP, finally hit the spine and the mauled hunter was able to get free and to his gun again and put 3 more rounds of 10mm into its head. https://www.eastidahonews.com/2024/09/two-hunters-who-shot-530-pound-grizzly-24-times-share-their-stunning-story-of-survival/
Dang. I'm glad he survived it
Interview with the lads: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFoU25oLNh8
Some good info in all 3 of my close calls with griz then ran off - quickly and without hesitation. That is good. All it takes is one.........
I am often alone and usually in really steep areas. I alway have my PLB in my right "knee" pocket. It was good piece of mind. 2 years ago sheep hunting in WY in extremely steep terrain and seeing a lot of griz I was ok until I heard about the wrestlers who got mauled not to far away and how the PLB worked but I would have died. The chopper was not able to get to the location so other nearby hunters got them out to where chopper could land. I do not know where they were but I am assure you there is no way is was as steep as where I was. No one was around and it made me think.
Fast forward 2 weeks and I am in the same area and the other guy gets mauled when he runs in a griz digging it's den. Same thing, PLB worked, chopped could not land (too steep) other hunters and horses got him to where chopper could land. I met some of his family a couple days after it happened.
In both instances if alone the PLB would have been only for body recovery. That did not sit well with me and has me thinking.
This is happening more and more. They need to be hunted to instill the fear of man.
I heard about WY G&F giving hunters locators like griz wear and they have seen griz following them. Hunters never see griz but the griz trail them probably hoping for an elk carcass. That reassures me - I think that happens a lot and the griz never do anything wrong.
The older I get them more I am thinking about avoiding high density griz areas when alone. In the past I never batted eye about it.
Idaho predators must be getting friendly this year. An acquaintance of mine shot a mountain lion during his Idaho elk hunt this year from the ground. Not sure how many bow hunters have shot mountain lions from the ground while elk hunting, but I’m assuming he’s one of few.
One thing is fo’ sho…..if you ain’t totin’ yer rod (old gangster slang for your pistol), you ain’t gonna keep a grizzly offin you furlong !
Did I get that right Z ?
That's a good one Don...8^)))
The only thing I disliked about spending a few summer months in Alaska were the grizzlies. They made me nervous fishing the noisy interior creeks for grayling. I live an area now that has an abundance of black bears but have zero fear of them but they are a pain in the butt on trash cans, bird feeders and killing fawns.
