Double Naught Spy
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Back in 2011, we discussed the unfortunately circumstances of where one hunter shot another hunter and friend when that other hunter was being mauled by a bear that the hunters had wounded earlier in the day.
http://thefiringline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=463730&highlight=bear+hunter+killed
Here is a different spin on a similar story. A very old grizzly bear attacked a woman in a somewhat bizarre set of circumstances that apparently started off with the bear's interest in the family dog, resulting in the bear ending upin the house and the occupants fleeing to their vehicles for cover (apparently without keys?). The wife eventually left her vehicle and was grabbed by the bear. The husband retrieved a rifle from inside the house and started shooting at the bear that had dragged the wife some 60-70 feet across a creek. When he ran out of ammo, he went back inside, reloaded, and fired at the bear until killing it. Somewhere in the process, a bullet is reported to have struck a poplar tree, deflected, and struck the husband's wife in the chest. At the time of being shot, she was still alive. When she died is not clear, but that he had to transport her back across the creek, into a vehicle, and drive her over 30 miles to hospital certainly would not have been beneficial to her survival.
No word on any potential charges for the husband. The autopsy results came out back in December and there is no current news to suggest any sort of prosecution (that I can find).
In defense of others can be difficult. Situations can be very complex, be they urban social situations or rural animal attack situations. A lot of things happen fast and there are unexpected factors that can come into play that can greatly affect the final outcome of the situation, such as an unseen poplar deflecting a bullet meant for the bear, into the wife.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/yukon-woman-mauled-bear-died-gunshot-wound-1.3378411
http://wncn.com/2015/12/27/woman-su...ck-shot-dead-by-husband-trying-to-rescue-her/
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...t-fired-husband-tried-save-autopsy-finds.html
http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/24/americas/can-grizzly-attack/
http://thefiringline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=463730&highlight=bear+hunter+killed
Here is a different spin on a similar story. A very old grizzly bear attacked a woman in a somewhat bizarre set of circumstances that apparently started off with the bear's interest in the family dog, resulting in the bear ending upin the house and the occupants fleeing to their vehicles for cover (apparently without keys?). The wife eventually left her vehicle and was grabbed by the bear. The husband retrieved a rifle from inside the house and started shooting at the bear that had dragged the wife some 60-70 feet across a creek. When he ran out of ammo, he went back inside, reloaded, and fired at the bear until killing it. Somewhere in the process, a bullet is reported to have struck a poplar tree, deflected, and struck the husband's wife in the chest. At the time of being shot, she was still alive. When she died is not clear, but that he had to transport her back across the creek, into a vehicle, and drive her over 30 miles to hospital certainly would not have been beneficial to her survival.
No word on any potential charges for the husband. The autopsy results came out back in December and there is no current news to suggest any sort of prosecution (that I can find).
In defense of others can be difficult. Situations can be very complex, be they urban social situations or rural animal attack situations. A lot of things happen fast and there are unexpected factors that can come into play that can greatly affect the final outcome of the situation, such as an unseen poplar deflecting a bullet meant for the bear, into the wife.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/yukon-woman-mauled-bear-died-gunshot-wound-1.3378411
http://wncn.com/2015/12/27/woman-su...ck-shot-dead-by-husband-trying-to-rescue-her/
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...t-fired-husband-tried-save-autopsy-finds.html
http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/24/americas/can-grizzly-attack/