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Apparently, "bear self defense" is not how this story is being reported, LOL.
http://www.opposingviews.com/i/soci...ta-hunter-mauled-black-bear-after-shooting-it
http://www.wday.com/content/bear-attacks-man-pine-county-woods-saturday
I tried to piece together information from multiple accounts, but most don't include anything more than what is in the two above links. Basically, a group of hunters arrowed a bear that ran off. They waited 4 hours to start their search and did not want to wait any longer out of fear the meat would spoil. It was assumed that the bear was dead. What could go wrong?
An unspecified number of hunters searched for the bear and one found it and the bear went after the hunter who fought it off with a knife, suffering two broken arms, dislocated wrist, bites to the face, arms, body, and legs. He used a hunting knife to defend himself from the wounded bear, stabbing it multiple times while screaming. The bear eventually retreated and apparently died. The downed hunter was found by his buddy who helped escort him from the woods and 911 was called at 3:30 am and he was choppered out. Sunset for the previous evening in Duxbury was 6:50 PM.
The bear was said to have "come out of the dark" which is interesting. Apparently, the search was being conducted in the dark and if I followed the timeline correctly, the bear was likely shot after dark or close to it. The searchers were spread out over a considerable distance from one another such that the screams were heard for minutes (sounded like 10, but was probably 2, according to the non-involved hunter). If the trophy picture is to be believed, there was a hunting group of 11, but only two are mentioned as having conducted the search and the wounded guy was not the guy who originally shot the bear.
I am assuming there was a reason the searchers were not armed with firearms (not legal?). I cannot figure out why any of them though a search after dark on a wounded bear was a good idea or why they were not in actual teams. I can understand not wanting the meat to spoil, but I would have thought they would have taken a lot more precautions for an after dark search on a large predator.
http://www.opposingviews.com/i/soci...ta-hunter-mauled-black-bear-after-shooting-it
http://www.wday.com/content/bear-attacks-man-pine-county-woods-saturday
I tried to piece together information from multiple accounts, but most don't include anything more than what is in the two above links. Basically, a group of hunters arrowed a bear that ran off. They waited 4 hours to start their search and did not want to wait any longer out of fear the meat would spoil. It was assumed that the bear was dead. What could go wrong?
An unspecified number of hunters searched for the bear and one found it and the bear went after the hunter who fought it off with a knife, suffering two broken arms, dislocated wrist, bites to the face, arms, body, and legs. He used a hunting knife to defend himself from the wounded bear, stabbing it multiple times while screaming. The bear eventually retreated and apparently died. The downed hunter was found by his buddy who helped escort him from the woods and 911 was called at 3:30 am and he was choppered out. Sunset for the previous evening in Duxbury was 6:50 PM.
The bear was said to have "come out of the dark" which is interesting. Apparently, the search was being conducted in the dark and if I followed the timeline correctly, the bear was likely shot after dark or close to it. The searchers were spread out over a considerable distance from one another such that the screams were heard for minutes (sounded like 10, but was probably 2, according to the non-involved hunter). If the trophy picture is to be believed, there was a hunting group of 11, but only two are mentioned as having conducted the search and the wounded guy was not the guy who originally shot the bear.
I am assuming there was a reason the searchers were not armed with firearms (not legal?). I cannot figure out why any of them though a search after dark on a wounded bear was a good idea or why they were not in actual teams. I can understand not wanting the meat to spoil, but I would have thought they would have taken a lot more precautions for an after dark search on a large predator.