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Re: Grizzly Kills Moose Hunter in Alaska [Re: Actor] #7022653
10/20/20 09:33 PM
10/20/20 09:33 PM
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Maine, Aroostook
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As Providence Farm mentioned, Alaska is always looking for a way to kill you.

I remember hiking in to a moose kill one morning with the intention of putting up a tree stand to hunt grizzly. It was nine or ten in the morning and the thought of a bear being on the kill that time of day never entered my mind. I was about seventy yards out when I glanced at the kill site to see a very nice grizzly stand on its hind legs looking right at me. I still had the backpack with the tree stand on my back but I threw the rifle to my shoulder and got off a shot. The bear ran into some spruce growth directly behind the moose remains and it went dead silent. I wasn't sure if I had hit the bear or not. I dropped my pack and eased my way in. I'd taken to hunting solo so I didn't have anyone to bail me out if things went bad. To say I was on edge would be an understatement. I couldn't find any evidence that I hit the bear.

Here's a couple of bear from that area. One in the fall on berries and one in denning country in the spring. The bear on the lake knew I was there but didn't know what I was. It saw me and was quartering downwind to pick up my scent, eyes on me every step of the way. You can see from the pic there's no cover. I shot it at seventy or eighty yards. A seventeen year old male with every canine broken off and a cavity in every tooth.

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Re: Grizzly Kills Moose Hunter in Alaska [Re: James] #7022674
10/20/20 09:55 PM
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Originally Posted by James
I try to wear a handgun in a shoulder holster while dressing a moose.

Jim

What were you dressing it in,,,a tu tu and heels ?? JIMMY I bet the moose didn't like that. smile

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Re: Grizzly Kills Moose Hunter in Alaska [Re: James] #7022684
10/20/20 10:03 PM
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Originally Posted by James
I try to wear a handgun in a shoulder holster while dressing a moose.

Jim

Whats that mean,,you "try" to wear a handgun?? Either you do,,,or you don't.What a pretender.Troll


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Re: Grizzly Kills Moose Hunter in Alaska [Re: Actor] #7022782
10/20/20 11:39 PM
10/20/20 11:39 PM
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Newark, Ohio 83 years
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Sorry... did a late post on this story. I guessed I missed it before. I just received the story today from an outdoor site I get stuff.

Garry-


“Don't pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.”

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Re: Grizzly Kills Moose Hunter in Alaska [Re: Actor] #7022942
10/21/20 07:48 AM
10/21/20 07:48 AM
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Philippines, s.e. asia,ohio
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Sad deal for a promising young man!!!! Doesnt seem fair I have lived so long. Figured I wouldnt have made it past 30 much with my lifestyle and work.

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