if it was an auto, soon as he pushed it into the bear it forced the barrel out of battery... done.
Posted on 06/12/2008 3:38:41 PM PDT by LibWhacker
GLIDE, Ore. — Aaron Wyckoff didn’t start to panic until his .45-caliber pistol quit firing, and the bear kept chewing on his arm.
So, he recalls, he tried to pull the bear’s jaws apart. Then he tried to roll down the ridge where he and the bear were wrestling. But the bear grabbed his calf, pulled him back and went for his groin.
Wyckoff said he countered by shoving his pistol and his hand into the bear’s mouth. But by then, the struggle in the Cascade Range in Southern Oregon attracted the attention of Wyckoff’s party, and other hunters rushed over.
Justin Norton fired a round from his .44-caliber pistol into the black bear’s stomach, to no avail. He approached the bear, put the gun behind its ear and fired again. It finally rolled away.
“I walked right up to his head, and he didn’t even look at me,” said Norton, 26.
With the dying bear still struggling, a final round finished him off.
“He was dead. He just didn’t know it,” Wyckoff said. “It was just all adrenaline.”
Wyckoff was helping friends track a wounded bear May 31 on the last day of the hunting season.
Fifteen-year-old Chris Moen of Glide, who had drawn the tag, hit the animal in the shoulder with a .338-caliber rifle round, but he and his father couldn’t pick up a trail of blood.
They called on Wyckoff and friends to help track it. A few hours later, Wyckoff went up a hill for a view.
He heard a rustling in the bushes behind him, then a grunt. The bear had apparently circled around the group.
“We never even heard him,” said Wyckoff.
Wyckoff said he fired a round into the bear’s forehead, but the animal kept coming and climbed on top of him. From beneath, Wyckoff said, he got off three more rounds.
Then he tucked the gun beneath the bear’s chin. But it quit. Wyckoff, left-handed, said he had accidentally released the ammunition clip.
After the attack, Wyckoff sat still, not wanting to move for fear the bear had ruptured the femoral artery in his groin. Mustering the courage to look down, he saw his shredded jeans, but not much blood.
At the hospital, a surgeon sewed him up, astonished that the bear had missed every major artery, as well as Wyckoff’s tendons.
After two days in the hospital, Wyckoff was discharged, with orders to stay home from work for at least two weeks.
His right arm remains bandaged. Silver staples hold gashes together.
His .45 is covered with teeth marks but still works.
The bear weighed more than 260 pounds after field dressing. It has since been sent to a taxidermist.
Wyckoff said he’s grateful for his friends’ quick actions and that he stayed firm when his 10-year-old son tried to go along that day.
Would Wyckoff hunt down another bear?
“Oh yeah,” he said. “Fall bear season starts back up in August.”
Here... hold muh bear.
Ping.
To each their own.
That wins my annual award for best opening sentence of a news article.
The Oregon State Attorney General’s office plans to file charges against the man for violating the Protected Species Act.
(ok, not true but very believable in this f****ed up state.)
if it was an auto, soon as he pushed it into the bear it forced the barrel out of battery... done.
“But the bear grabbed his calf, pulled him back and went for his groin”
Hate it when that happens!
...and my brand new .480 will be loaded at my hip...
I think a can of OC Spray could have been handy to have.
He needs to get a Blackhawk in .45 Colt and load up some 260-300 grainers. .45 ACP is not a bear gun.
Was his hand steady when he picked up his beer that evening?
.45 ACP is not a bear gun.
Hollow point bullets might have made a difference.....
What the heck do you mean, what you wrote makes no sense at all. Have you been drinking or smoking wacky tabacco?
“I think a can of OC Spray could have been handy to have.”
That, plus a .44 in the stomach, and the bear will say, “Whoa, that Mexican food sure is spicy!”;)
a Colt .45 or any variant has a linked barrel, and it you push on the muzzle... it pushed the barrel back and unlocks it. ie it won't fire
Tell that to Davey Crockett.
It makes perfect sense if you understand how a 1911 works mechanically. Pushing the barrel into the bear would retract the slide. The firing pin disconnector cam moves upward and blocks the firing pin. It's a safety feature to avoid firing when the barrel isn't locked to the slide and bolt face isn't against the case head. He also mentioned being a "left hand" shooter. He may have released the magazine. That also engages the magazine disconnector to prevent firing a 1911 believed to be "unloaded" simply because there is no magazine installed. You can still have a good round in the chamber. That "feature" was demanded by a few state legislative acts.
I was thinking that he needs to keep his pistol exactly as is, teeth marks and all.
“Oh, those? Those are teeth marks. Bear teeth marks. Let me tell you ‘bout it...”
(ok, not true but very believable in this f****ed up state.)
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(ok, not true but very believable in this f****ed up COUNTRY.)
Their, fixed it:(
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