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Ron amazingly came through with non life threatening injuries. Ron, who is an experienced hunter and used to be a guide, was calling an elk for his dad, who was down hill 40 yards. The elk suddenly spooked and then Ron heard a noise behind him. He turned around and a grizzly was 15 feet behind him. He tried to shoo it away but it proceeded toward him. He went behind a tree and the bear kept coming, so he took off on his "death run" down hill towards his dad. With the grizzly just feet behind his son, and running full speed, Ron's dad shot one arrow. Ron saw the arrow fly by his leg, unsure of whether it hit the bear, and within a few more steps, Ron was on his back with the grizzly on top of him. With is arms shielding his head, Ron kicked and punched the bear with all he had. Ron said it all went too fast and he was so full of adrenaline, he could not feel any pain at the time of the attack. When the bear continued to attack, Ron's dad, could see that the bear was bleeding badly from the arrow, and he went over and started beating on the bear with his bow(You can not carry guns during bow hunting, so he had nothing to shoot it). The bear continued to attack Ron, biting clear through his left hand and glove, and down to the bone of his right arm just below the elbow. Then the bear, stopped, looking at Ron's dad, walked away several yards, and rolled over dead.The bear was autopsied and showed that it was well over 500 lbs(the grizzlies in that area average 350lbs) and 11 years old(which is in it's prime). Following the path of the arrow, the autopsy showed that the arrow went in, hit a main artery, then bent, and hit the heart!A one in a thousand shot they said.Another important fact to mention and that gave me chills is that Ron's dad had had surgery on his arm, because he had injured his arm and was not even able to pull the bow last season. This was to be his big hunt, and before the day of the attack, he had already missed two elk that were standing still. The morning of the attack, Ron's dad (also named Ron), prayed "God please guide my arrow today".Little did Ron Sr. and Ron know how God would guide his arrow that day!
Skynyr - amazing story. Thanks for posting it......and those pics are awesome too.Ron Sr. had some big balls to make that shot at a charging bear.
BIG TICKET. I always had a small 357 with me,
Quote from: rasbo on November 07, 2008, 05:29:18 PMBIG TICKET. I always had a small 357 with me,I would think that someone could take that "BIG TICKET" all the way to the supreme court one of these days. "RASBO VS THE STATE OF WASHINGTON"
I carry anytime I'm in the woods, even during bow season. I have a CWP, but that technically does not cover you while bow hunting. I carry for multiple reasons: a) bears and cats, b) two legged critters - Mine is buried in my fanny pack, so it's not like I'm going to whip it out and shoot that big bull with it instead of the bow........
I say carry the gun. I personally have found a pot grow operation during modern rifle season, and had I been hunting bow, I would have been facing off with drug growers. I would carry. Some laws are made to be broken (never thought i would hear myself say that ) but your personal defense trumps state law in my opinion...
