Axon
12-23-2004, 07:05 PM
The following pictures are of a guy who works for the US Forest Service in
Alaska and his trophy bear. He was out deer hunting last week when a large
grizzly bear charged him from about 50 yards away. The guy unloaded his
7mm
Mag Semi-automatic rifle into the bear and it dropped a few feet from him.
The big bear was still alive so He reloaded and shot it several times in
the
head. The bear was just over one thousand six hundred pounds. It stood 12'
6" high at the shoulder,14' to the top of his head.
It's the largest grizzly bear ever recorded in the world. Of course, the
Alaska Fish and Wildlife Commission did not let him keep it as a trophy,
but
the bear will be stuffed and mounted, and placed on display at the
Anchorage
airport (to remind tourist's of the risks involved when in the wild).
Based on the contents of the bears stomach, the Fish and Wildlife
Commission
established the bear had killed at least two humans in the past 72 hours.
The US Forest Service, backtracking from where the bear had died, found a
hiker's 38-caliber pistol emptied. Not far from the pistol was the remains
of the hiker . The other body has not been found. Although the hiker fired
six shots and managed to hit the grizzly with four shots (they ultimately
found four 38 caliber slugs along with twelve 7mm slugs inside the bear's
body) it only wounded the bear and probably angered it.
The bear killed the hiker an estimated two days prior to the bear's own
death by the gun of the Forest Service worker. Think about this - if you
are
an average size man; You would be level with the bear's belly button when
he
stood upright, the bear would look you in the eye when it walked on all
fours! To give additional perspective, consider that this particular bear,
standing on its hind legs, could walk up to an average single story house
and look over the roof, or walk up to a two story house and look in the
bedroom windows.
http://pierandsurf.com/photopost/data/500/11677bear.JPG
Alaska and his trophy bear. He was out deer hunting last week when a large
grizzly bear charged him from about 50 yards away. The guy unloaded his
7mm
Mag Semi-automatic rifle into the bear and it dropped a few feet from him.
The big bear was still alive so He reloaded and shot it several times in
the
head. The bear was just over one thousand six hundred pounds. It stood 12'
6" high at the shoulder,14' to the top of his head.
It's the largest grizzly bear ever recorded in the world. Of course, the
Alaska Fish and Wildlife Commission did not let him keep it as a trophy,
but
the bear will be stuffed and mounted, and placed on display at the
Anchorage
airport (to remind tourist's of the risks involved when in the wild).
Based on the contents of the bears stomach, the Fish and Wildlife
Commission
established the bear had killed at least two humans in the past 72 hours.
The US Forest Service, backtracking from where the bear had died, found a
hiker's 38-caliber pistol emptied. Not far from the pistol was the remains
of the hiker . The other body has not been found. Although the hiker fired
six shots and managed to hit the grizzly with four shots (they ultimately
found four 38 caliber slugs along with twelve 7mm slugs inside the bear's
body) it only wounded the bear and probably angered it.
The bear killed the hiker an estimated two days prior to the bear's own
death by the gun of the Forest Service worker. Think about this - if you
are
an average size man; You would be level with the bear's belly button when
he
stood upright, the bear would look you in the eye when it walked on all
fours! To give additional perspective, consider that this particular bear,
standing on its hind legs, could walk up to an average single story house
and look over the roof, or walk up to a two story house and look in the
bedroom windows.
http://pierandsurf.com/photopost/data/500/11677bear.JPG