Big, BIG, Bear

[carneyman]

Now....THAT'S A BEAR!!!!!!!!!!!

 

 

The downloaded pictures are of a man 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 emptied his 7mm Magnum semiautomatic 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 tourists 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 including a missing hiker.

 

The US Forest Service, backtracking from where the bear had originated, found the 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 (the Service ultimately found four 38 caliber slugs along with twelve 7mm slugs inside the bear's dead body), it only wounded the bear and probably angered it immensely.The bear killed the hiker an estimated two days prior to the bear's own death by the gun of the Forest Service worker.

 

If you are an average size man Think about this:

 

You would be level with the bear's navel 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.

[pm26]

Not all true. The size, weight and agressiveness of the animal are exaggerated in the story above.

 

facts

[carneyman]

Regardless of whether the facts are all there, its still a huge animal.

[Guest chevydeerhunter]

I wouldn't go into the bear-infested wilderness with nothing less than a Smith and Wesson .500 Magnum!

[pwall]

Some quick searches in google will display the following info:

http://www.avnut.com/Bear_Story.html

http://maisonbisson.com/blog/post/10447/

 

In a nutshell, the pcitures are real...the story has grown over the past few years.

[apache sierra]

thats the reason why you carry a 45 acp in the wild. many of times it has saved my carcass from harm

[Guest chevydeerhunter]

thats the reason why you carry a 45 acp in the wild. many of times it has saved my carcass from harm

 

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On a bear like that, I don't know if I'd even trust my 1911 for that job. Yep, take the .500 Mag or the .460XVR.