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Re: Alaskan Brown Bear Killed by Ice Axe
« Reply #1 on: November 16, 2022, 08:31:24 AM »
Wow!!  :yike: :yike: :yike:
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Re: Alaskan Brown Bear Killed by Ice Axe
« Reply #2 on: November 16, 2022, 08:35:13 AM »
I bet you can hear a clank noise every time that dude takes a step.  :o
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Re: Alaskan Brown Bear Killed by Ice Axe
« Reply #3 on: November 16, 2022, 08:58:37 AM »
Wowzers, bet them cast iron shorts have a stain.
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Re: Alaskan Brown Bear Killed by Ice Axe
« Reply #4 on: November 16, 2022, 09:04:05 AM »
I’ve had thoughts face to face with a wolf with my rock pick, but thats a whole new level of pucker. 

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Re: Alaskan Brown Bear Killed by Ice Axe
« Reply #5 on: November 16, 2022, 09:22:28 AM »
He was simply trying to impress the little lady.

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Re: Alaskan Brown Bear Killed by Ice Axe
« Reply #6 on: November 16, 2022, 09:59:51 AM »
According to the article they don't know if the bear is dead or not, shot at it numerous times with multiple weapons

The ice axe didn't even register with the bear, it didn't try to peel it out with a paw, it didn't stop or even slow down  :dunno:

I'm certainly not knocking the guy for burying his ice axe in a charging by bear, but I think he just got under the hide not through the skull.   

The thing that amazed me the most was the gal and male clients had a big grin after the incident, while the guide, does not  :chuckle: :chuckle:

The guide knows....

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Re: Alaskan Brown Bear Killed by Ice Axe
« Reply #7 on: November 16, 2022, 10:04:46 AM »
What a story!
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Re: Alaskan Brown Bear Killed by Ice Axe
« Reply #8 on: November 16, 2022, 10:22:22 AM »
Perhaps the title should be changed to "Alaskan Brown Bear unscathed by ice axe and multiple gunshots".   8)

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Re: Alaskan Brown Bear Killed by Ice Axe
« Reply #9 on: November 16, 2022, 10:26:49 AM »
Not sure why it matters that it was Brown.

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Re: Alaskan Brown Bear Killed by Ice Axe
« Reply #10 on: November 16, 2022, 10:30:17 AM »
Perhaps the title should be changed to "Alaskan Brown Bear unscathed by ice axe and multiple gunshots".   8)

 :chuckle: :chuckle: "Brown Bear shrugs off Ice Axe to through the skull"

Why is the "guide" carrying a .357 in remote Alaska? Isn't .44/10mm or bigger kind of the standard?

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Re: Alaskan Brown Bear Killed by Ice Axe
« Reply #11 on: November 16, 2022, 10:39:21 AM »
Perhaps I read the article wrong,  but the person carrying the 357 was a friend of the hunter. Not the guide.
Maybe the sporting goods store was out of 6.5 Creedmoor ammo.

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Re: Alaskan Brown Bear Killed by Ice Axe
« Reply #12 on: November 16, 2022, 10:40:17 AM »
That's what I read too.

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Re: Alaskan Brown Bear Killed by Ice Axe
« Reply #13 on: November 16, 2022, 10:41:51 AM »
Perhaps I read the article wrong,  but the person carrying the 357 was a friend of the hunter. Not the guide.
Maybe the sporting goods store was out of 6.5 Creedmoor ammo.

Ah that makes sense. Thanks!

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Re: Alaskan Brown Bear Killed by Ice Axe
« Reply #14 on: November 16, 2022, 10:48:07 AM »
Not sure why it matters that it was Brown.
While the color of the bear may not be important, based on the group photo, I'll bet they all had wished they wore their brown pantaloons that day...

 


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