The hunt this year has been one of added danger from several grizzly bear attacks. In the last week, hunters in Alaska, Canada and Montana have had to defend themselves against three separate grizzly bear attacks. The first one was in Girdwood Alaska. My dad had an A-Frame cabin he built all by himself while we were up there. It is close to the Alyeska ski resort.
http://www.alaskadispatch.com/article/girdwood-duck-hunter-recounts-unbelievable-grizzly-attack
The next attack occurred in British Colombia. The hunter was able to escape injury.
http://cfjctv.com/story.php?id=5132
The last attack in less than a one week period of time was a couple of hours away from us in Kalispell Montana. An elk hunter was rescued by his hunting partner after a sow grizzly attacked over an elk kill that that hunters were returning to recover.
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2011/oct/24/nw-today-elk-hunter-injured-grizzly-attack/
Three attacks in less than one week just points out how dangerous grizzly country really is.
http://www.alaskadispatch.com/article/girdwood-duck-hunter-recounts-unbelievable-grizzly-attack
The next attack occurred in British Colombia. The hunter was able to escape injury.
A hunter was forced to shoot and kill a grizzly bear that charged him and his dog near Lumby. The man was hunting deer last Wednesday when he spotted the large bruin going after his dog. When the hunter yelled the bear turned on him. The man managed to fire at the bear from about a 10 metre distance and the wounded animal ran away. The animal died of its injury and was discovered the next day. It was a 550 pound male, about 7 to 9 years old.
http://cfjctv.com/story.php?id=5132
The last attack in less than a one week period of time was a couple of hours away from us in Kalispell Montana. An elk hunter was rescued by his hunting partner after a sow grizzly attacked over an elk kill that that hunters were returning to recover.
KALISPELL, Mont. — Officials say a grizzly bear with two cubs attacked and injured an elk hunter in northwestern Montana before being killed by the hunter’s partner. Bruce Auchley of Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks says the hunters from Kalispell were returning to get more meat from the carcass of a bull elk they killed earlier on Saturday about 40 miles east of Kalispell when the bear attacked. Auchley says the hunters shot the bear once before it bit 31-year-old Anthony Willits on the lower left leg. Auchley says 29-year-old Gregory Louden shot three more times, killing the grizzly. The men hiked out and Willits was taken to Kalispell Regional Medical Center where he underwent surgery. Auchley says officials on Sunday planned to go to the area where the bear was reported killed.
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2011/oct/24/nw-today-elk-hunter-injured-grizzly-attack/
Three attacks in less than one week just points out how dangerous grizzly country really is.