October 19, 2011, 11:32 AM | #1 |
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This was sent to me from a friend Who knows the gentleman tell ing the story thoght I'd share it there's a link at the bottom with his pictures
> > Sent: Monday, October 10, 2011 9:35 AM > > Subject: Portage Bear Attack (While Duck Hunting) > > > > Good Morning, > > > > Let me tell you I am very happy to be here to tell this story. > > > > My friend Steve Thompson and I were duck hunting on Saturday (10/08/11) in > > Portage Valley (Alaska) and we were attacked by a brown bear. We are both > > OK > > but we killed the brown bear within 10 feet of our duck boat blind. This > > is > > one of those stories where you are just glad to be alive to tell it. I > > have > > lived and worked in Alaska for over 25 years and been around bears but > > never > > thought I would encounter one in my blind while duck hunting. I have > > provided a brief description of what happened below. > > > > We had a small bull moose run about 10 feet behind our duck boat blind. > > About 30 seconds later, we heard some grass rustling and thought it was > > another moose, but then we see a brown bear following the trail of the > > moose. When the bear gets about 20 feet from our blind he looks up and > > sees > > us and heads right toward the front of the blind where I am sitting. I > > fired > > 3 rounds (3" #4 steel shot) into the bear at point blank range. My friend > > says I fired my last round when the bear was 2 feet away. He goes on to > > say > > that my head and the bears head were 2 feet apart at one point. After > > firing > > my third round, I dove away from the bear and out of the blind and my > > friend > > Steve fires 3 rounds (3.5" #4 steel shot) into his head that sends the > > bear > > to the front of the boat on the ground about 10 feet away. Steve reloads > > as > > the bear is doing the death spin. He puts 3 more rounds into the bear. I > > get > > up, reload, and fire 3 more rounds into the bear. The bear isn't moving at > > this point in time. > > > > Neither of us was hurt (not a scratch). We were just scared ****less. We > > had > > 2 dogs with us. The older dog (Mynx) was out of the blind with hackles up > > about 20 feet away from the bear. The young (5 months) dog (Lulu) was > > hidden > > under one of the chairs in the boat, She was shaking and wouldn't come out > > for awhile. On a side note, we got one duck (a gadwall). > > > > I have attached a few photos. You will see our boat blind is destroyed. > > That > > was from me diving out one side of the blind and the bear coming in the > > other. There is also a picture of blood on the blind to show how close the > > bear was when he got shot. We think the bear was a 7+ foot brown bear. > > > > As a department employee, I thought I should send this to some select > > staff > > and the staff I work with. I did complete a defense of life and property > > report and turned in the completed report and the skinned bear to ADF&G > > staff here in Anchorage. > > > > Regards, > > > > Tim > > __________ > > Tim ##### > > FIshery Research Biologist > > Bristol Bay Salmon Program > > ADF&G-Commercial Fisheries Last edited by jhog1; October 19, 2011 at 12:05 PM. |
October 19, 2011, 11:42 AM | #2 |
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Interesting story, Link does not work you have to have account and log in
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October 19, 2011, 12:05 PM | #3 |
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Trying to fix the link
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October 19, 2011, 12:37 PM | #4 |
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October 20, 2011, 11:07 AM | #5 |
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Thank you for posting the article. There the same as he sent me in the email but I can't seem to get them to load onto photobucket. I think it's because there a windows powerpoint slideshow
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October 20, 2011, 02:31 PM | #6 |
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All that for one Gaddy
Glad everyone came out of that OK. |
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