Posted on 09/20/2018 3:59:23 AM PDT by marktwain
In a tragic story from Wyoming, Mark Uptain, a hunting guide, was killed by a grizzly bear on Friday. His client fled the scene after throwing Mark a pistol. The two were retrieving an elk that had been wounded the previous day while they were bowhunting. The men were processing or packing out the elk when they were attacked by two large bears.
It is difficult to categorize this as a defensive use of a firearm when no attempt was made to fire the handgun. The handgun was reported to be in a pack when the attack started. It has not been recovered at the scene as of this time. From jhnewsandguide.com:
Chubon, a Florida resident, was injured and flown to St. John’s Medical Center in Jackson on Friday, but was in good enough condition to have caught a flight out of the valley Saturday afternoon.
Chubon told investigators that he threw a pistol to Uptain before successfully fleeing and phoning authorities. Initial reports indicate that the second bear was present at the time of the attack, but did not engage either Chubon or Uptain.
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Chubon reportedly was able to toss a handgun to Uptain before he ran from the attack scene, but authorities have so far not been able to locate that firearm.
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Bear spray?! Like “Off”?
Well. At least he didn’t hurt the bear!
Why didn’t the client fire the weapon at the bear? Was the client more afraid of the authorities than the grizzly?!
i only have to outrun you,,,
Ahhh... so be on the lookout for an Armed Bear.
Like think twice before bowhunting maybe ??? Nature will have her revenge.
Probably. If you shoot a grizzly you better be missing a limb to prove you were attacked.
I support our right to arm bears.
Nobody with a brain goes hunting grizzly with a pistol. I would have thought that the use of the pistol would have been an excellent defense if Fedzilla had a cow. Besides, better tried by 12 than carried by 6.
.454 or .50 S&W can be rented...that is what was needed.
They weren’t hunting grizzly, the were harvesting an elk they had killed and the grizzly decided it wanted elk for dinner.
Maybe he threw him a .45, but the guide was more of a 9mm guy and launched into an argument over ballistics.
Was the 2nd Grizzly charged in the crime as an accessory ?
That’s exactly my point.
They were NOT hunting grizzly with that pistol. :-)
Bill Frady talked about this a couple of days ago.
Running across TWO grizzly bears in Wyoming?
Worst.
Luck.
Ever!
Now there is a real probem
The bears have a pistol
Sorry, my bad....
They are reportedly wearing BLM shirts.
Bear Lives Matter!
“Now I have
A machine gun
Ho-ho-ho”
-John McClane
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