Yet another bear attack

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A 60 year old logger has been killed on the Bowron Lake FSR east of Quesnel BC.

His truck had broke down and his scattered remains were found 7 - 8 km away.

CO's are now searching for the sow grizzly with cubs that killed him.
 
Too bad he didn't have at least have a shortened single shot 12 gauge in his truck.
They can be bought NEW for under $180, or even used for like $75.

Too bad, if carrying a pistol were legal another life may have been saved.
A used .357 for maybe $400, or I have seen Blackhawks in .44 or .45 go for that too. Cheap insurance. Costs less than a new TV.
Too bad it ain't legal.
Lots of these gun laws are due to big city gangbangers, so in effect, they've claimed another life.
 
I have been trudging around out in the bush for half a century, and nothing has eaten me yet.

I have always, and I mean always, had a rifle near at hand.

And I always will.

And if somebody doesn't like it, they can kiss my ass.

If you get eaten, it's your own damn fault.
 
I know one thing-if you are in bear country, you are a fool not to be carrying a firearm or at least bear spray.The problem is we have bowed down to the politically correct anti firearms left wingers who only look at bears in pictures.
 
As usual the new has got a little of the info twisted:

Partsman said:
The man's name was Art Louie. I knew him personally, and he was an awesome man. Quiet and full of integrity.

He was not a logger, but a prospector and a very good one at that. He personally had two mines that were in production as a result of his prospecting.
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I was North of Fort Nelson (Helmet-ish area) fighting wildifire earlier this year and our unit crew had one hell of a bear problem. We heard some rustling in the sticks and so we fired up chainsaws, made noise, you name it and the bear wouldn't go away, it just kept on circling us about 50yards or so away (just out of visual range)
After we figured the bear isn't about to leave us alone, we packed up our stuff and walked about 30-40mins to our helipad and had chainsaws running the whole time to try and scare away the bear, no luck. We got to the helipad and about 5-10mins later we hear the odd stick breaking in the bush again, and the bear grunted a few times too, not a very good feeling. To boot, this was during the same period of time the forestry/siviculture worker was attacked around Ft St John or Ft Nelson.
 
bear find out we are up right walking Veal

This stuff is so bad this year, I don't know what to say, thanks again to the bunny kissing tree huggers from PETA, we all have to stand up and make a stand and show are numbers, instead of hidding in the bush on this stuff
 
I was up in Ft Nelson last year inspecting the new bridge being built near town, the crew there told me that they had a bunch of problem bears and had to use the excavator bucket to fend off a grizzly, as their company: Ruskin, did not allow firearms.
 
Stupid rules were made to be broken.

With regard to Mr. Louie, the facts are not yet known. As an experienced prospector and bushman, he may very well have been armed but was taken unaware.

A long gun is useless if you're down with the animal on top of you, more so if it is slung or in your pack.

The only practical, reliable solution is a powerful revolver with which you have trained with extensively.

As professional prospector Mr. Louie should have been eligible for a Wilderness ATC.
 
Quote Originally Posted by Partsman
The man's name was Art Louie. I knew him personally, and he was an awesome man. Quiet and full of integrity.

He was not a logger, but a prospector and a very good one at that. He personally had two mines that were in production as a result of his prospecting. Quote


One would think he was eligible for a Wilderness Carry permit.
 
I have no idea why Tyler J-- would restart such an old post, but I will still add.
The old prospector, whether armed or not armed, was exactly the way he wanted to be, through personal choice.
I will bet he didn't have a rifle, because old time prospectors almost never carried a big rifle. They always had a gun to keep them and their dog in food and it invariably was a single shot 22 and a supply of shorts for it. They had no fear of black bears and relied on their bush skill to keep from having an encounter with a grizzly.
 
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