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<blockquote data-quote="Pdvdh" data-source="post: 1062168" data-attributes="member: 4191"><p>This grizzly wasn't stopped by bear spray, but was stopped by a bullet. There were reportedly no witnesses.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://missoulian.com/news/local/gun-charge-against-man-who-shot-glacier-grizzly-bear-dismissed/article_c8fcff56-540e-11e4-997b-d776d119223d.html" target="_blank">Gun charge against man who shot Glacier grizzly bear dismissed</a></p><p></p><p>"<em>Murphy, he said, did not fire his .357 revolver until the charging bear – a grizzly, Holden said DNA tests later confirmed – was 7 to 10 feet away, and not until bear spray discharged when the animal was 15 to 25 feet away failed to deter it.</em>"</p><p></p><p>"<em>When Mr. Murphy first saw the bear it was running down a hill toward the other hikers," Holden said. "He yelled, 'Bear!' to warn them, and as soon as he yelled, the bear turned and came straight at him."</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>More on guns in national parks: <a href="http://missoulian.com/news/local/park-service-glacier-gun-incidents-an-anomaly/article_671f0d92-5715-11e4-b0f6-9f31e8402ce4.html" target="_blank">Park Service: 4 Glacier gun incidents an anomaly</a></em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Murphy first discharged his bear spray using his left hand, and when that didn't stop the animal, fired with the .357 in his right hand, according to Holden.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>"The bear fell back and was motionless," Holden said. Murphy "withdrew and double-timed it out of there, taking the two hikers who were behind him with him. </em></p><p></p><p>More info on guns in National Parks: <a href="http://missoulian.com/news/local/park-service-glacier-gun-incidents-an-anomaly/article_671f0d92-5715-11e4-b0f6-9f31e8402ce4.html" target="_blank">Park Service: 4 Glacier gun incidents an anomaly</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pdvdh, post: 1062168, member: 4191"] This grizzly wasn't stopped by bear spray, but was stopped by a bullet. There were reportedly no witnesses. [url=http://missoulian.com/news/local/gun-charge-against-man-who-shot-glacier-grizzly-bear-dismissed/article_c8fcff56-540e-11e4-997b-d776d119223d.html]Gun charge against man who shot Glacier grizzly bear dismissed[/url] "[I]Murphy, he said, did not fire his .357 revolver until the charging bear – a grizzly, Holden said DNA tests later confirmed – was 7 to 10 feet away, and not until bear spray discharged when the animal was 15 to 25 feet away failed to deter it.[/I]" “[I]When Mr. Murphy first saw the bear it was running down a hill toward the other hikers,” Holden said. “He yelled, ‘Bear!’ to warn them, and as soon as he yelled, the bear turned and came straight at him.” More on guns in national parks: [url=http://missoulian.com/news/local/park-service-glacier-gun-incidents-an-anomaly/article_671f0d92-5715-11e4-b0f6-9f31e8402ce4.html]Park Service: 4 Glacier gun incidents an anomaly[/url] Murphy first discharged his bear spray using his left hand, and when that didn’t stop the animal, fired with the .357 in his right hand, according to Holden. “The bear fell back and was motionless,” Holden said. Murphy “withdrew and double-timed it out of there, taking the two hikers who were behind him with him. [/I] More info on guns in National Parks: [url=http://missoulian.com/news/local/park-service-glacier-gun-incidents-an-anomaly/article_671f0d92-5715-11e4-b0f6-9f31e8402ce4.html]Park Service: 4 Glacier gun incidents an anomaly[/url] [/QUOTE]
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