Finishing a wounded Grizzly with a knife

MiG25 said:
No one calls BS that Akeley and Cottar killed leopards with their hands.
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I will call BS on that... nobody killed a healthy, wild, adult leopard with their bare hands... and when you call BS on my BS, have more evidence than some "50th-hand" tale from a magazine and a B&W photo of a guy holding a dead leopard.
 
Any story worth telling is worth embellishing.

"Now listen here. I was there and this is God's honest truth...." ;)
 
MiG25 said:
I dunno, the key point I think is that the bear was swimming while the 2 men had their feet firmly on the bottom. No one calls BS that Akeley and Cottar killed leopards with their hands.
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hoytcanon said:
I will call BS on that... nobody killed a healthy, wild, adult leopard with their bare hands... and when you call BS on my BS, have more evidence than some "50th-hand" tale from a magazine and a B&W photo of a guy holding a dead leopard.
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You mean this B&W photo? It happened over 100 years ago so witnesses are going to be a little hard to find. I no longer have the book, but I do recall the story and find no reason to doubt the man.

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If I remember correctly, Akeley thought he was shooting at a hyena or jackal or something other than a leopard, wounded it in the foot with a .30-06, and wasn't a good enough shot to stop it when it charged. Akeley was also almost squashed like a bug by an elephant, so maybe he should have found a different hobby.

I vaguely recall the Cottar story, but find no reason to doubt that one either.

More impressive is the tale of Harry Wolhuter ( pronounced "Walleter"). Riding at night through what is now Kruger National Park in SA., his horse was attacked by two adult male lions. Wolhuter fell off his horse, landed on one of the lions, which immediately grabbed him by the shoulder and started to drag him off. Wolhuter managed to draw his knife and stab the lion in the heart. He is likely still the only white man to ever kill an unwounded mature male lion with only a knife.

But perhaps you'd like to call B.S. on that one too.
 
Hmm.
The bear was dead,half in the water and they were fighting the current?

I am glad all I hunt is Black Bear and dont have to get naked to dress it out like you have to grizzly....
 
It's BS...... According to the story, he got pissed off, drank two full bottles of whiskey and went after it bare handed...... After two bottles of whiskey I bet my tales would sound awesome too......
 
burnaby said:
So instead of being 5x stronger/heavier it was only 2.5x :rolleyes:. The dudes should have been fully dead.
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The author clearly stated that him and bear grylls got naked and each holding a front and a hind leg. After a half hour of CrossFit while hold a large knife in his mouth, they decided to plunge their cold steel Laredo.

HOW can anyone not believe in that story?
 
"Then we took off our cloths, and we had only one knife. Crow-Chest put it in his mouth, a great big knife. Just as we got to the bear, it came back to life."

That's pretty much how I approach all dead animals I'm about to skin. With "cloths" on of course, but rather than holding the knife in one of my hands, I also prefer to carry the knife between my teeth. Laugh2

The story doesn't mention the fact they had to pack everything out uphill.....both ways......in a snowstorm...without "cloths"....in August. Summers were a lot colder back then.
 
Grizzly Adams said:
I guess the plot of the Revenant must rank up there too, based on very skimpy evidence. :)

Grizz
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Grizzly Adams said:
Haven't seen the movie, DiCapprio boycott and all, :) but my son tells me, in the beginning he couldn't decide if if he was shooting a moose or an elk.

Grizz
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Lol..... The revenant is VERY loosely based on a true story....... Look up "Hugh Glass"..... It's an interesting read.....

The movie Jaws was loosely based on and inspired by the jersey shark attacks of 1916...... Ironically, they never caught the shark, let alone shove a scuba tank in its yap and turn it to chum with an M1 Garand :)
 
Then we took off our cloths, and we had only one ... If you stop there who isn't thinking BrokeBack Mountain.
bearkilr said:
"Then we took off our cloths, and we had only one knife. Crow-Chest put it in his mouth, a great big knife. Just as we got to the bear, it came back to life."

That's pretty much how I approach all dead animals I'm about to skin. With "cloths" on of course, but rather than holding the knife in one of my hands, I also prefer to carry the knife between my teeth. Laugh2

The story doesn't mention the fact they had to pack everything out uphill.....both ways......in a snowstorm...without "cloths"....in August. Summers were a lot colder back then.
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