WYO300RUM
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You know your welcome to drive 80 mi. West and hunt with me . Maybe we'll see a griz or two .
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memtb
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You know your welcome to drive 80 mi. West and hunt with me . Maybe we'll see a griz or two .
That would certainly offer more excitement than I've had this hunting season!
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WYO300RUM
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Elk been slow here. Deer opens tomorrowThat would certainly offer more excitement than I've had this hunting season!
WYO300RUM
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Rick Richards, was this you ? 
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Man Survives Grizzly Attack In Thorofare, Returns Weeks Later To Bag Huge Bull Elk
After getting mauled by a grizzly on a hunting trip outside of Yellowstone in the Thorofare, James Davis was determined to go back to fill his elk tag. Less than a month later, he returned to the same location and bagged a bull elk.
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memtb
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Rick Richards, was this you ?
Man Survives Grizzly Attack In Thorofare, Returns Weeks Later To Bag Huge Bull Elk
After getting mauled by a grizzly on a hunting trip outside of Yellowstone in the Thorofare, James Davis was determined to go back to fill his elk tag. Less than a month later, he returned to the same location and bagged a bull elk.
Good story……the guy is lucky!
It also shows the importance of good bullets properly placed into an adrenaline stoked bear (animal). I'm guessing that they got neither under the circumstances! memtb
WYO300RUM
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I can't imagine a griz getting a hold of me like that . I bet he wished he had a pistol after shooting his rifle. With the bear on him like that he may have been able to draw it and unload a few in it's chest and or head. Makes me even more glad I carry a pistol . Better than nothing. An attack here earlier this year the bear bit into the guys bear spray canister.
In another the outfitter that got attacked and killed by Grizzley after he found his clients wounded elk had niether pistol or bear spray on him. The client had his pistol and outfitters rifle was leaned against a tree. When he got attacked the client didn't even shoot. He said he was trying to figure out how to take the safety off. He pushed mag release... I guess he had never shot a Glock .
No safety. The outfitter should of told him he just has to pull the trigger. The outfitter should of kept pistol on himself and had client hold rifle. Outfitter made some fatel mistakes . Sad. Lady hiker got killed by Griz in Yellowstone this year also. Have been couple others also. Normal year I guess so far. Some elk bowhunters just recently got attacked. Luckily they were carrying pistols. Last year a bowhunter got attacked I think he got off 5 shots. The griz died 5 ft. from him. Hit bear in head. Killed it . The round started with a 4... It's not over yet. I've never heard of anyone killed by black bear here. In Ca. yes. Boyscout killed in tent in sleeping bag where I hunted a lot. Smelled the toothpaste. I'm sure others. Lions have killed more there since 1992 on sure ...
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Another article today
Make My Day: Hunting with .44 Magnum, Wyoming Man Scores One-Shot Kill Of Bull Elk | Cowboy State Daily
Newcastle's Chris Rhodes put down his hunting rifle and picked up a handgun about 20 years ago, and has exclusively hunted with handguns ever since.
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memtb
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This is an example of what I've stated many times……often attacks give little or no warning!
One kid was incredibly brave to come to friends assistance…..both are lucky to have survived! He should've deployed the spray rather than a physical attack!
It wouldn't have hurt to have had a handgun along with them…..probably not the place for a small caliber defense handgun! memtb
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One kid was incredibly brave to come to friends assistance…..both are lucky to have survived! He should've deployed the spray rather than a physical attack!
It wouldn't have hurt to have had a handgun along with them…..probably not the place for a small caliber defense handgun! memtb
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WYO300RUM
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I was just going to post this ! Opening day deer season Sat. I was leaving the very end of South Fork at Cabin Creek trail head. It's almost 50 miles to Cody from there. I was about half way out when a game warden and a sheriff fly past me going south. Then an ambulance . Then another sheriff then another game warden then another sheriff . I was thinking either somebody shot someone or somebody got attacked by a grizz and they just got to trailhead. I saw no commotion at any trailhead on way out. Now I know what happened.... And now I know why last sheriff was a Powell sheriff.This is an example of what I've stated many times……often attacks give little or no warning!
One kid was incredibly brave to come to friends assistance…..both are lucky to have survived! He should've deployed the spray rather than a physical attack!
It wouldn't have hurt to have had a handgun along with them…..probably not the place for a small caliber defense handgun! memtb
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memtb
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I really need to take that hike/hunt with you…..my life has been way too boring!
memtbI'm with you. My preferred "bigger" caliber is the .44mag. 9mm's fine for bipeds, but for the AWD predator types it doesn't quite meet my standard for penetration or how hard it hits. Something north of 1000 ft-lbs, ideally.
Doesn't surprise me that a mid-sized bear was found with a lighter 9mm pill that didn't get inside. I strongly suspect that the same shot with a .44mag, .454 Casull or a "hot" 10mm Auto with hardcast or bonded bullets would have gotten the job done.
Sure gets a person thinkin', seeing a bullet that didn't do what was intended.
WYO300RUM
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I'd welcome it ! Scary chit hunting by yourself here. Especially North Fork. I guess South Fork just as bad... I want to find out were they were.I really need to take that hike/hunt with you…..my life has been way too boring!
memtb
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I've spent very little time in those areas…..I'm curious as well! memtb
WYO300RUM
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Half the time I go alone . Don't like to. If I go to north fork I take my Chesapeake. I'm almost deaf in left ear. Right not far behind. My eyes are on him a lot. My English lab is now 1.8 years old . He's fearless and already 80 lbs. I want to take him but not both. I don't have the heart to leave the old boy home. He minds well and good on commands. The youngster... Maybe another year.
