http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/grizzly/ en-us Fri, 10 Oct 2008 17:38:27 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2102438/posts A Cody bowhunter in search of an elk found a grizzly bear instead in a Sept. 12 mauling incident on the South Fork. And Ron J. Leming, 37, attributes his father's lifetime of bowhunting for saving his life. “There are not many people who could stand their ground like that, especially with a bow and arrow,” Leming said Wednesday. “I would have been mauled way worse, if not killed, if Dad hadn't had the nerve to stand his ground and shoot that bear with his bow. There's not many people who could have done that.” Leming said his father's shot... The Cody Enterprise http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2102438/posts#comment Fri, 10 Oct 2008 17:38:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2070587/posts Mauling was in Gates of the Arctic National Park. A grizzly bear dragged a woman out of her tent Thursday and mauled her ... according to the National Park Service. The woman was saved by companions camped with her ... An Alyeska Pipeline Services Co. helicopter, normally used to monitor the oil pipeline, was expected to pick her up there and ferry her to a hospital in Fairbanks... They were camped and asleep when the bear arrived in camp. It apparently first entered a "food tent," Quinley said. "It destroyed a water jug," he said, and tried to get into... The Anchorage Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2070587/posts#comment Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:08:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2041525/posts Always there have been the bears in and around Anchorage. Never before has there been a bear mauling in town. Not that the horrific attack on 15-year-old mountain biker Petra Davis last weekend came as a shock to those familiar with local bears. A small group of wildlife biologists with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game have been warning for years that something like this could happen ... Some who have been hiking, running and mountain biking in the park and the adjacent Chugach State Park for decades say they see more bears and more bear sign than ever... The Anchorage Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2041525/posts#comment Sun, 6 Jul 2008 19:00:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2038293/posts A teenage girl riding in an all-night bicycle race suffered severe injuries early this morning when a bear attacked her on a trail ... Police officers with shotguns escorted medics into dark woods to retrieve the girl... "She was cut up and bit pretty good," After the mauling, the girl used her cell phone to call 911 but was unable to communicate... Another rider who came along found her sitting on the ground and said she could utter only one word: "Bear." He then used her phone to make another call for help. Sinnott said he didn't arrive in time... The Anchorage Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2038293/posts#comment Sun, 29 Jun 2008 22:20:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2032797/posts After years of stomping around the grizzly haunts of the wildest coast of North America without a serious bear encounter, forester Rick Rogers never imagined the first and only close call of his life would come in an Anchorage park visited by thousands of people. SNIP . . . He thought his maximum heart rate was 180. He later looked at the monitor and realized he'd hit 193. Anchorage Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2032797/posts#comment Wed, 18 Jun 2008 14:40:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2017249/posts A 53-year-old man in Saanich, B.C., managed to drive to safety after a grizzly bear mauled his head and tossed him to the ground in the woods near Bella Coola, about 700 kilometres north of Vancouver. The attack took place on May 3 when Brent Case was on a surveying job along the rugged Central Coast area. "He came up from behind me and started gnawing at the back of my head. It just started ripping the scalp off the head," Case told CBC News on Friday. "The pain was so excruciating that I don't know why I didn't yell... CBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2017249/posts#comment Sat, 17 May 2008 05:49:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2027791/posts A man from B.C.'s Interior not only survived being mauled by a grizzly — he killed the bear as well. John Shorter, 38, was hiking near Dease Lake in Northern B.C. Tuesday when he said he smelled a bear in the area. "I heard a woofing sound, turned, seen a grizz coming at me. I managed to get my rifle up and get one round into the chest.… At that point he got on top of me, obviously, and took me down," Shorter said. "He proceeded to try to maul me in the back of the scalp and on the... CBC News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2027791/posts#comment Sun, 8 Jun 2008 04:36:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2009494/posts A Montana man was mauled and severely injured in a run-in with a grizzly bear in Yellowstone National Park's Hayden Valley Wednesday, park officials confirmed Wednesday evening. The man, in his late 50s, was apparently taking photographs of a female grizzly and her cub along Trout Creek when he was attacked, park spokesman Al Nash said. Despite “severe facial injuries,” he was able to walk two or three miles to the Grand Loop Road, where visitors found him and alerted rangers. The man, whose name and hometown were not released pending notification of relatives, was taken by ambulance to West... Bozeman Daily Chronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2009494/posts#comment Thu, 1 May 2008 02:22:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2005644/posts BIG BEAR LAKE, Calif. - The grizzly bear that wrestled Will Ferrell's character in the recent film "Semi-Pro" seemed to obediently follow cues — which made its killing of its trainer with a bite to the neck all the more stunning. Three experienced handlers were working with the grizzly Tuesday at the Predators in Action wild animal training center when the bear attacked Stephan Miller, 39, said San Bernardino County sheriff's spokeswoman Cindy Beavers. Stephan Miller is the cousin of training center owner Randy Miller, she said. Pepper spray was used to subdue and contain the bear, and there were... yahoo News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2005644/posts#comment Wed, 23 Apr 2008 11:47:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2005588/posts A grizzly bear that appeared in a recent Will Ferrell movie killed a 39-year-old trainer with a bite to his neck Tuesday ... Three experienced handlers ...Rocky is 7 1/2 feet tall, weighs 700 pounds ... Randy Miller also said, "If one of these animals gets a hold of your throat, you're finished,"... "You can train them and use as many safety precautions as you can, but you're still taking a chance if you're putting yourself in contact with them," Richards said. "It's still a wild animal. Even though it may appear that the bear attacked for no reason, there... The Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2005588/posts#comment Wed, 23 Apr 2008 05:50:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1933603/posts 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... JUNEAU EMPIRE http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1933603/posts#comment Sun, 2 Dec 2007 17:24:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1934165/posts Long ago, grizzly bears thrived in Montana as did tales - some tall, some true - told by frontiersmen of a man-eater even more fearsome than the other two bogeymen of the forest, wolves and mountain lions. Today, the reputation of Ursus arctos horribilis - along with other major predators ... Also changed is how people can handle encounters with grizzlies, using a chemical spray rather than guns to improve the odds that both humans and bears will escape the encounters unharmed. But Workman believes that if a bullet was good enough for his great-grandfather more than a century ago,... the Missoulian http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1934165/posts#comment Mon, 3 Dec 2007 23:09:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1923130/posts Advice from FWP not always applicable. If you're on a sight-seeing trip through the mountains while carrying your hunting rifle, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks' advice regarding grizzly bears is great. But if you ever hope to actually fill a tag with an elk or deer, the advice has some problems. Making noise For example, one piece of advice to avoid bears is to make plenty of noise as you hike through bear country. Another is to hunt in pairs or groups. Yet another is to avoid cover that might hide a bear. Unfortunately, most hunters would agree that the... The Billings Gazette http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1923130/posts#comment Fri, 9 Nov 2007 02:30:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1895376/posts For the first time in decades, people venturing into the sprawling Selway-Bitterroot ecosystem are going to be told to keep their eyes peeled for grizzly bears. That change follows the killing of a large grizzly bear in a roadless area of north-central Idaho, where the last confirmed sighting of the species came in 1946. The grizzly was shot Sept. 3 by a Tennessee hunter near Kelly Creek, about three miles from the Montana border. The bear was a young 400- to 500-pound male that was between 6 and 9 years old, said Chris Servheen, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's... Missoulian http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1895376/posts#comment Wed, 12 Sep 2007 17:12:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1882906/posts A man is recovering in hospital after being attacked by a female grizzly. The victim, a man in his 30s, was preparing for bow-hunting season ... He managed to kill the bear with a knife, but suffered serious arm and elbow injuries. calgary sun http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1882906/posts#comment Sat, 18 Aug 2007 02:44:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1840013/posts A bicycle rider says his golden retriever distracted a charging grizzly bear long enough to let him escape. It was the second time the dog has played hero.Kiska, a 6-year-old male dog, distracted the bear by barking, allowing his owner, Todd Fitzgerald, 46, to run to a nearby home. "If my dog had not tied up that bear for the few seconds, I don't know what would have happened," said Fitzgerald. "I think the dog saved my life." Juneau Empire http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1840013/posts#comment Sat, 26 May 2007 03:12:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1830633/posts HOMER, Alaska (May 9) -- Odd sounds outside their home woke Gary and Terri Lyon early Sunday morning, so Gary got up to check it out. He looked outside and saw a 500-pound grizzly bear killing an adult moose in their driveway. "I saw this wildlife spectacle of a full-grown brown bear on a moose and the moose fighting for its life," Gary said. The couple put their dog inside, grabbed their cameras and started filming the attack as the grizzly battled the moose down the driveway, finally killing it. They posted the video on YouTube. "She tore apart the... Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1830633/posts#comment Wed, 9 May 2007 11:43:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1817549/posts An eastern Idaho man was mauled by a grizzly bear just outside his rural home, suffering deep bite and claw wounds across his back, investigators said. Authorities did not immediately release the name of the 33-year-old victim of the Tuesday night bear attack, saying he requested anonymity. They said he was in stable condition and good spirits in an Idaho Falls hospital. "He just stepped outside of his house to look for his dog ... then the bear knocked him down," said Idaho Fish and Game Regional Supervisor Steve Schmidt... "The bear caused significant injuries to his head, back, shoulder... (AP) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1817549/posts#comment Sun, 15 Apr 2007 02:13:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1811001/posts Juanita Neidrauer got into the alpaca and llama business to feed her gentle art of weaving and spinning. Little did she know that six of her native South American animals would meet a violent end, victims of a male grizzly bear's one-night killing rampage on B.C.'s central coast. "What alpacas and llamas do, if there is a danger, they run towards it," explained Neidrauer, a 68-year-old resident of Hagensborg in the Bella Coola Valley. "They sort of attack it." That tactic might work in the high reaches of the Andes. But on the grizzly-laden B.C. coast? Not so much. "They... Vancouver Sun http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1811001/posts#comment Tue, 3 Apr 2007 03:59:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1717174/posts Task Force Grizzly soldiers prepare for a night operation in Pashmul, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, in mid September. Operation Medusa, which lasted approximately 20 days, was a successfully operations that effectively pushed enemy insurgents from this region of the country. Army photo by Sgt. Mayra Kennedy Task Force Grizzly Soldiers Eliminate Insurgents Operation Medusa which lasted approximately 20 days, was a successful operation that effectively pushed enemy insurgents from this region of Afghanistan. By U.S. Army Sgt. Mayra Kennedy 345th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment PANJWAYI, Afghanistan, Oct. 10, 2006 -- A small number of soldiers from the 207th Infantry Brigade... Defend America News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1717174/posts#comment Wed, 11 Oct 2006 00:41:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1681923/posts One bruin dies after chomping 5,000-volt line; another flattens tents Two brown bears prowling separate parts of Anchorage have made deep trouble for themselves -- with one already dead after biting into a power line. A 600-pound brown bear made its way to the Tony Knowles Coastal Trail on the edge of Kincaid Park and was killed when it opened a utility box and bit into a live electrical wire Thursday. snip ...more than 600 pounds: ... the 7-foot animal .... bit into 5,000 volts .... Meanwhile .... a couple and their child, about 8 or 9 years old, were... Anchorage Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1681923/posts#comment Fri, 11 Aug 2006 17:01:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1675994/posts Planning to overnight at the Kenai's most popular campground? Leave the tent at home. Tent camping is now banned in the Russian River campground. Campers there must sleep in a hard-shelled vehicle. This comes after a bear grabbed a man sleeping in his tent early Saturday morning and bit him. Other campers scared off the bear after the man started yelling. He suffered minor injuries. Anchorage Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1675994/posts#comment Tue, 1 Aug 2006 22:11:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1672949/posts Fourteen-foot grizzly killed in Alaska By D.A. Ray, outdoor correspondent The Sun Deer hunting is one of the major seasons in Oklahoma. What would you do if you were doing just that and a huge bear charges you? An employee of the U.S. Forest Service in Alaska recently faced just that scenario. Although it was not bear season in the Last Frontier State, he was justified in killing the bear in self defense. He was out deer hunting when a large grizzly bear charged him from about 50 yards away. The guy emptied his 7mm Magnum semi-automatic rifle into the... The Sun (Alaska) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1672949/posts#comment Thu, 27 Jul 2006 03:03:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1641302/posts Mike Mungoven had two thoughts flood his mind as he stumbled into a large grizzly on his morning run off North Fork Road on Sunday. "I looked up at this huge bear standing just two feet in front of me, the sun shining off its golden-brown fur," Mungoven said. "I remember thinking, 'Wow, that's just beautiful.' And then, 'Oh boy, this is going to hurt.'" ~snip~"I always run with my dogs, and remind them to be careful around this particular area because the forest there is more dense with black spruce," Mungoven said. "Next thing I knew, I heard some... Anchorage Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1641302/posts#comment Wed, 31 May 2006 18:06:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1604603/posts Part of the problem is that the people who decide national policy are headquartered in Washington, D.C., where large plots of private property are rare. Those of us who live in urban or suburban areas imagine endangered species protection to be as simple as being kind to blue whales, grizzly bears and bald eagles. We don’t stop to consider the dilemmas facing people thousands of miles away from us. Bill Snape, Chairman of the Endangered Species Coalition, is an example of one who lives in either ignorance or denial. “There just aren’t private landowners that I can identify where the... Townhall.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1604603/posts#comment Tue, 28 Mar 2006 14:43:10 GMT