Posted on 12/02/2007 9:24:01 AM PST by george76
Juneau man recounts Friday morning bear attack on Admiralty Island .
A "crack" in the brush. A split second to turn and see the bear. Another second to click the gun's safety off.
That's all the time Dr. John Raster had before the brown bear attacked him.
"I screamed and fired a shot into the air," he said. "It was already on me and the gun was still pretty much slung around my shoulder. He bit me and started scratching me and pushed me down into the water."
The Juneau doctor had been walking alone Friday morning along a stretch of beach on Admiralty Island, just a few hundreds yards from a cabin where he stayed with a hunting party.
"I thought it was my neck," he said. "I thought I was going to die ... I was afraid it was going to eat me and drag me into the woods."
He may have lost consciousness or been stunned, but a few minutes passed before he realized he was soaked through and cold.
Thursday night they heard a bear outside the cabin popping its teeth and breaking branches...
Friday afternoon, they packed up and took a floatplane back to Juneau.
(Excerpt) Read more at juneauempire.com ...
That would be wise.
Thanks for reposting my picture. That was a fun thread!
bump!
Kanawa will forever be a legend.
The fact that bears get the jump on deer all the time ought to clue folks in.
Fella from up this way killed a Brownie with a folding Buck knife a couple of years back. A lot of folks thught he was telling a wopper - till the hide went on auction.
The fellow wielding the knife was 68 Y/O.
You could clearly see the puncture wounds and slashs on the bears neck.
http://www.thefiringline.com/forums/archive/index.php?t-16615.html
Same thing happen down B.C way this year - 3.5 in Buck folder vs a Griz. The man ‘won’.
Me? I carry a 12 ga.
Real Hunters Bump!
In another instance a hunter was taking a dump, when a Grizzly came out of the brush, knocked him over and held him down. He couldn’t get his 44 out of the holster because his belt was loose. The bear released him and left.
Whoa! I would have crapped my...
Never mind.
“In another instance a hunter was taking a dump, when a Grizzly came out of the brush, knocked him over and held him down. He couldn’t get his 44 out of the holster because his belt was loose. The bear released him and left.”
Don’t tell me, let me guess - the hunter never walked the same afterwards. Adds new meaning to ‘broken open like a shotgun’.
Good point. They are sneaky devils
We live in Eagle, 4 miles downriver on Yukon from border.
I know several people who have been stalked by blk bears, actually quite common; yet most people think I’m just joking around; honestly, I’m not.
The first bear, my pistol was in the trk, heck of a place for it when bear is 5 foot from ya. I waved and yelled and bear retreated, then came in 2 more times before walking off into the woods; made me somewhat nervous.
Second bear was along trail and I shot him.
F&G doesn’t think much of selling internal bear parts; probably cause they don’t get a cut.
We are trying to get F&G to ok the use of snares in our area. Bears are real easy to snare. We had a local quite a few years back that had some bear probs and declared unlimited war of those buggers. He was snaring them and got like 20 some in one summer. Nobody talked about it cause bear were getting to be dangerous pests and everyone wanted them away from the community.
You know how it goes when nearest F&G or state troopers are 185 miles away and the road is closed half the year anyway.
Never saw many while in Fairbanks. Juneau was a differant matter. They are as common as stray cats in that city. Except of course for the fact that stray cats cannot rip your head off and take a dump down the neck hole.
Juneau who might be interested in this?
We took them deer hunting too.
David Sheakley / Juneau Empire
John Raster shows his wounds Saturday in his home. Raster was attacked by a brown bear Friday morning on Admiralty Island.
John Raster; relieving Bear Stress at every opportunity.
...to get the little brass bells unstuck.
I did ... but was scrolling down through the posts to see if anyone had pointed out the obvious. You handled it well. ;-)
I’m sure your kids thoroughly enjoyed that.
It was a great family time with uncles, aunts and cousins.
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