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Originally posted by DAMNMAN@Feb 17 2003, 11:18 AM
He's also very lucky he had at least that powerful of a round or the bear would have chowed on him too!
I'm sure the survival techniques like laying on the ground and covering your head that they teach about bear attacks on TV is what the poor guy did to get his leg chowed off, too. (That picture is gnarley!)
Just shows to go ya', never go into the wild with out a pea shooter.
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haha... what about "Bear Mace". i always got a good laugh about that one. tourists snatch that shit right up while heading down to the river to watch brown bears feed on fish. pretty comical.
my father is a Brown Bear guide in Alaska and i have seen plenty of dead brown bears. they are tough animals. people would not be so happy to take the chance, if they had ever watched one slap around a refrigerator like it was a beach ball or seen one get shot a dozen times before finally falling.
also, this guy is probably full of shit. "he was startled, the bear charged him and he just barely had enough time to get a couple shots off before the bear fell at his feet"??
its the EXACT same story that i have heard EVERY hunter tell who went brown bear hunting and shot a bear.
Most likely, this guy knew what he was looking at, knew it was a trophy and possibly a world record bear and he shot it... making up the rest later.