"1-in-1,000 shot" saves Wyoming hunter from grizzly

[Squatch]

Good thing it ended up being a 1 in 1000 shot. 

[Pathfinder101]

Good thing it ended up being a 1 in 1000 shot. 

Yeah.  Any of the other 999 options would have sucked...

[Gobble]

 

I remember reading this last year, good story!

I had one encounter in the Teanaway of all places back in the late 80s or early 90s. I was muzzloading for elk up Storey creek and came into a area with lots on fresh elk sign. I started calling and glanced down to see HUGE bear turds (the size of coke cans) all over the place and FRESH  I immediately shut up and got the hell out of there. This happened on a sunday and by thurs I read an article in a westside paper saying the game dept reported a confirmed Griz sighting up storey creek and it was confirmed by the WDFW. I just about sh!t myself when I think of what could have been.

[croix]

In 2008 in NE Wa. the lady of our hunting camp was only a couple hundred yards from camp when a griz walked onto the old road in front of her at less than 100 yds. It looked at her and stood up. Connie slowly backed away and the bear meandered off. When she got back to camp she told her husband and cousin about it and they went up to look for bear sign but said all they found was Connie sh*t.

[GoldTip]

That is a good story and one helluva icy cold shot made by the Father to save his son, pretty cool.

I've had a couple of close face-to face's with Grizzlies back home in Montana, one of which he was close enough to smell real good and see that his ear's were back and his neck hair was flattened while he proceeded to circle me slowly popping his teeth.  I realized quite clearly I was not on the top of the food chain in that patch of Alder.  That encounter I believe the bear was about 10-12 feet away.  He was roughly a 2700lb grizzly and the encounter lasted about 7 days or so.  At least it seemed it at the time.  He was one of the biggest Grizzlies I've ever seen in lower 48, being honest.

Had another encounter last year right hear in WA. up scouting the Selkirks for Moose.  That bear was 15-20 yards away, seen it's ass and hump headed the other way after it woofed at me.  I decided to let him keep the huckleberry patch even though he vacated it.  Did eat a couple of fresh handfuls and they were good.

[Pathfinder101]

Yeah, there was one spotted up near where we have some property above Deep Lake.  Thought I saw a track once too, but it was too hard to tell...

[Gobble]

My brothers neighbor got mauled by one while bow hunting Montana about 10-12 years ago. Thankd god he survived but it definately left a mark, his head was really cut up with bite marks

[Curly]

When she got back to camp she told her husband and cousin about it and they went up to look for bear sign but said all they found was Connie sh*t.