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Guide killed by Grizzly #7247129
04/19/21 06:52 PM
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I have a few issues with this article. I have spent more time in bear country than most, and I would never carry bear spray for a few reasons. Yes it does work. Sometimes. The problems arise when it doesnt. The problem I have with the article is that it says they dont know if the spray was used. I call bull on that statement. The fact that the safety tab was off is a good indication. All they would have to do to know, is shake the can. Ive seen this kind of stuff before. They never want to admit that it didnt work and will twist things to muddy the waters. The last thing they want is for people to throw the spray away and buy a handgun. Feel sorry for the guide and his family. I've been in that exact situation more than once and its never fun when you get to close to a kill. A friend of mine died that way and he had a rifle, but it was stuffed inside his pack instead of in his hand where it should have been.

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Re: Guide killed by Grizzly [Re: yukon254] #7247131
04/19/21 06:55 PM
04/19/21 06:55 PM
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Northern Wisconsin,Rhinelander
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Yep. I would rather have a handgun or if possible a shotgun with slugs or a rifle.

Chris


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Re: Guide killed by Grizzly [Re: yukon254] #7247164
04/19/21 07:25 PM
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I agree the bear biologist here really like to push spray. I think spray is meant for women and children,or people who aren't proficient with firearms.

Re: Guide killed by Grizzly [Re: yukon254] #7247167
04/19/21 07:26 PM
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Buckshot/slug/buckshot /slug

Pray for Guides family


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Re: Guide killed by Grizzly [Re: yukon254] #7247191
04/19/21 07:43 PM
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I would much rather have a gun than a spray bottle. Was told that it works while working as a fish count technician. I questioned whether they have used it and they said no. I told them I will keep my rifle and ditch the bear spray.

Re: Guide killed by Grizzly [Re: That Fool] #7247194
04/19/21 07:46 PM
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X2 on all the above

Re: Guide killed by Grizzly [Re: yukon254] #7247209
04/19/21 08:01 PM
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Just hope the wind is not blowing in your direction if you are using spray. If it is your just going to spray your self and add seasonings for the bear. Big lead throwers would be my preferred option.

Re: Guide killed by Grizzly [Re: yukon254] #7247260
04/19/21 08:39 PM
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Attack happened adjacent to Baker’s Hole Campground. I’ve stayed there many times. The entire area along the Madison there is thickly vegetated, with lots of downed trees from beavers & such. Basically, you can’t see far & need to be ever vigilant of your surroundings.



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Re: Guide killed by Grizzly [Re: yukon254] #7247271
04/19/21 08:48 PM
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A spray can against a grizzly? Naw, no way!

In the early 80's my cousin's husband carried me to an appliance store of all place's in Chicago while we were visiting family up there, the owner was a big game hunter and only killed trophy sized animals, he had EVERYTHING you could imagine in that store. What stuck with me though was a monster sized grizzly mounted in there, newspaper clipping at it's feet told the story of his guide getting killed by it before he could kill the grizz.

Horrible way to go and sorry for the family.


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Re: Guide killed by Grizzly [Re: yukon254] #7247566
04/20/21 07:23 AM
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My wife and I camped right where this happened, it is pretty thick scrub brush, there's a good chance he didn't have time to use the spray and may or may not have had time to pull and deploy a sidearm. You just never know.

Re: Guide killed by Grizzly [Re: yukon254] #7247583
04/20/21 07:43 AM
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The article I read said that bear spray residue was found on his clothing so apparently he was able to deploy it.


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Re: Guide killed by Grizzly [Re: yukon254] #7247584
04/20/21 07:44 AM
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It bothers me that they describe the guy as a "guide." It's true that he works as a guide but he was fishing on his own when he was killed, not actively working as a guide. If I was killed by a griz while hunting elk would the headline be "Engineer killed by bear?" I don't think so. It seems to me to be intentionally misleading by masking the danger that bears present to folks fishing in the area.

Re: Guide killed by Grizzly [Re: yukon254] #7247711
04/20/21 10:46 AM
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Are you allowed to carry in the park ? I’ve been there and never noticed anyone carrying. Of course most people I saw wasn’t from around there .

Re: Guide killed by Grizzly [Re: yukon254] #7247726
04/20/21 11:24 AM
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I often carry spray, firearm, and dog. I've used the spray once, the dog self-deployed once, haven't had to use firearm yet.

Re: Guide killed by Grizzly [Re: Golf ball] #7247743
04/20/21 11:59 AM
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You can carry in the park except some of the park stores, visitor centers and such.

Re: Guide killed by Grizzly [Re: EdP] #7247751
04/20/21 12:11 PM
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Originally Posted by EdP
It bothers me that they describe the guy as a "guide." It's true that he works as a guide but he was fishing on his own when he was killed, not actively working as a guide. If I was killed by a griz while hunting elk would the headline be "Engineer killed by bear?" I don't think so. It seems to me to be intentionally misleading by masking the danger that bears present to folks fishing in the area.


The author was most likely using the term "guide" just to illustrate that the person killed, had a lot of experience in the woods.


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Re: Guide killed by Grizzly [Re: yukon254] #7247808
04/20/21 01:42 PM
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That put the hair up on my neck a bit. I lived in West Yellowstone for four summers and a couple winters in the late 70's and fished alot in that exact area. You can walk from town through the lodgepoles to the Madison where almost nobody fishes, and if you go north of town towards the airport you can do the same thing before the river crosses the road north to Bozeman. I jumped a black bear out of a nap once and it scared the crap out of me, but I never had a gun at that time. Just north of there on Duck Creek, there were grizzlies who fed on winter kill elk and you always went in there with your ears back as every willow could hold a bear on a carcass, but there were huge brown trout, and black bears were still a big thing in the Park before the grizzlies made the comeback.

The Madison skirts the Park line north of town til you get to Bakers Hole so carrying a gun would be sketchy with Park regs.

Too bad for all involved.

Pete

Re: Guide killed by Grizzly [Re: yukon254] #7247865
04/20/21 02:49 PM
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Don't the serious woodsmen up there consider bear spray as "seasoning". What I was told when I was up there. Just got my Kenia Chest Holster for my next trip. I think I'll go that route.

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