And yet again, another grizzly shot while charging hunter in Idaho

[Rotnguns]

Happened in Caribou-Targhee national forest near Island Park:

Hunter shoots grizzly bear in self-defense on the Caribou-Targhee National Forest

On the evening of Oct. 26, a hunter shot and killed a sow grizzly bear in self defense after it charged the man while he was hunting for elk north of Kilgore near Mule Meadows in the Caribou-Targhee National Forest.

idfg.idaho.gov

 

[molliesmaster]

Just keep chipping away at them.

 

[cb2176]

Yikes


I had a grizzly get within 60 yards of me while ell hunting in 2021. Big critters.

Fortunately, after I made myself known to him, he turned and just walked away peacefully.

 

[Fullfan]

Bunch more need shot. Glad the hunter was okay.

 

[mike.adams.467]

Small progress.

 

[ODB]

Given the way ol' 399 is being memorialized in the press, surely involuntary bearslaughter charges will follow...

 

[Wyo_hntr]

This is so unfortunate, how will bear numbers ever recover if people keep shooting them?!

On the brink of extinction...

 

[Sierra Hunter]

Every time I read these articles I feel for the hunter, they’re always so specific on where the attack occurred. They just blew up this guy’s elk spot!

 

[TheTone]

Every time I read these articles I feel for the hunter, they’re always so specific on where the attack occurred. They just blew up this guy’s elk spot!

Just because someone was there doesn’t mean it’s a good spot

 

[LFC911]

Just because someone was there doesn’t mean it’s a good spot

Have to admit i looked it up

 

[mike.adams.467]

Every time I read these articles I feel for the hunter, they’re always so specific on where the attack occurred. They just blew up this guy’s elk spot!

Not really.

 

[hunterjmj]

My wife showed me some fb posts/comments from bear 399's death. There are some seriously crazy people out there. A whole bunch more need shot or ran over.

 

[mike.adams.467]

My wife showed me some fb posts/comments from bear 399's death. There are some seriously crazy people out there. A whole bunch more need shot or ran over.

Every time I get a suggestion of a person to follow and their first post is some sorrowful mourning over that bear's death, I block them. I think I'm up to 15 so far....

 

[idelkslayer]

I always rationalize that the odds of being attacked are so astronomically low that I don't need to worry about it. But I got to thinking and a quick look at the hunting stats in the Island park area says 4,500 deer hunters and 2,500 elk hunters every year. Allowing for some overlap maybe 5,000 hunters spend time in there every year. 1 or 2 attacks occur every year. 1:2500 odds of getting chewed on by a grizzly while hunting that area is a lot higher than I expected. Still, pretty low all things considered.

Yes, thousands more recreate and camp in the area but it seems most attacks occur on hunters due to the nature of our activity making it more likely to encounter grizzlies, hence only looking at hunter numbers.