Posted on 09/25/2022 5:08:40 AM PDT by marktwain
A 9-year-old boy was seriously injured by a brown bear while hunting north of Anchorage, Alaska State Troopers said Wednesday.
Troopers said the bear attacked two people — a 41-year-old male and a 9-year-old boy — near mile 36 of the Glenn Highway, at the end of Matanuska Townsite Road on Tuesday.
The man and young boy came across a brown bear sow and her cub while hunting in the Palmer Hay Flats area. The bear mauled the boy, leaving him with serious injuries. The adult who was accompanying the child was armed and shot and killed the brown bear during the attack.
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One thing that is different between now and other escalating conflicts is that I no longer trust the media to report the actual news. That is sad, because they have lost their purpose and usefulness. We are witnessing the ‘debate’ between Russian influencers and Western influencers. Where is the truth? Shall we be destroyed because of lack of knowledge? Damn the Washington Post. Damn the New York Times. Damn the media in general.
Sorry, replied to wrong post.
You must go to link for Russian bear!
I live in a small coastal city in the northern part of Washington State. On a clear day I can see Canadastan.
We have a serious Black Tailed Deer problem. More deer than full time residents. That offset has caused an increase in Black Bear populations too, and I would be remiss if I didn’t include Raccoons and Coyotes into the mix.
The Washington State Fish and Wildlife agents have already trapped and relocated 2 yearling Boars this summer. My daughter who is visiting spotted one swimming across our lake and watched it scour for ripe trash cans at a couple of Snowbird homes.
Needless to say after I saw my daughters pictures and helped 2 neighbors pick up their garbage the Bears strewn around the neighborhood, I convened introduction to .300 Blackout AR Pistol 101 with my wife and daughter.
They are both skilled markswomen and both carry legally but this is my newest and most effective home protection gun and neither one had tried it.
The Bears have had a smorgasbord with all the increased population since people have stopped listening to the COVIDIOTS and have cast off their chains and are out and about again. Our little beach town has been humming with activity all spring and summer.
As the population wains, the food sources dry up and the Bears are going to become even more aggressive as their internal hibernation clock starts ticking even louder. We are prepared.
No worries…your post still fits.
Good.
Most importantly, I hope the reporter verified the affected’s pronouns.
“...The man and young boy came across a brown bear sow and her cub...”
NEVER a good place to be.
Saw a similar trio in my neighborhood (Montana) a few weeks ago on a neighborhood road at around 1:30 PM. Drove up to them slowly so they could retreat into the trees. Snapped a few photos.
Our security camera/motion sensor light got two minutes of them in our downstairs driveway a few mornings ago (2:30 AM).
I’d be curious what caliber gun was used (it wasn’t in the original article). A 9mm can blow the lungs out of a bear’s body, ya know.
It would be nice to know what they were hunting, too.
They might have been hunting grouse or rabbits.
Actually, it applies across the board.
So...who killed the cub?
If the authorities think the cub can survive the winter, they are often left alone.
It might have been a yearling or older.
They were out “hunting”? Unless that 9-year-old is a crack shot, he doesn’t leave your side, precisely so you can put yourself between him and the bear.
They hibernate in that area?
I ran the 4H shooting program in my county for over a decade.
Some 9yoa are very good shots.
I killed my first grouse at age 9 with a 20ga.
Many factors are involved in how well a 9yoa can shoot and hunt.
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