Hiker Kills Grizzly in Denali Park

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http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/World/2010/05/31/14198966.html

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A hiker shot and killed a grizzly bear with his handgun in Alaska’s Denali National Park, officials said.

A man and woman reported that they were hiking Friday evening when the bear emerged from trailside brush and charged the woman, park spokeswoman Kris Fister said in a statement.

The man fired nine rounds from his .45 calibre, semiautomatic pistol at the animal, which then stopped and walked into the brush.

The two reported the shooting to rangers, who restricted access to the Igloo Canyon area for fear that the bear was wounded and dangerous.

On Saturday, rangers found the dead bear about 100 feet (30 metres) from the shooting site.

Park officials are determining the justification for the shooting. It’s legal to carry firearms in that area of the park but illegal to discharge them.

Rangers said it was the first known instance of a grizzly bear being shot by a visitor in the wilderness portion of Denali, formerly called Mount McKinley National Park.

 

[BC Bigbore]

It’s legal to carry firearms in that area of the park but illegal to discharge them.

That's like saying it's OK to bring beer into that area of the park, but it's illegal to drink 'em

 

[crazydave]

? For you if it was legal to pack a gun and you had one with you, a enraged grizzly attacks you, WOULD YOU GIVE A CRAP WHETHER IT WAS ILLEGAL TO SHOOT THE BEAR? Likely not

 

[JamesM]

I'd give a crap... not voluntarily though.

 

[rhino519]

when the bear emerged from trailside brush and charged the woman,

so I guess it no joke about the bears being attracted/set off by monstual bleeding eh

 

[snomad]

You took such a big leap with that I haven't heard you hit the ground yet.

 

[Amphibious]

so I guess it no joke about the bears being attracted/set off by monstual bleeding eh

wtf is "monstual"

 

[USP]

wtf is "monstual"

Its the monstrous aspect of a chick out in the bush for 10 days without a bath who is also on the rag.

Interesting that the .45 only wounded the Bear

Had it of been 10mm, there wouldve been Bear parts sprayed all over the trees

Lucky that these guys werent part of the statistic of those who only wounded a Grizzly then got mauled to death.

 

[esquif]

they say he shot 9 times not how many hit

 

[marsden]

this should be tagged as the "try not to laugh" thread. are you guys doing a comedy bit? funny stuff. keep it up.

 

[strangerqc]

Its the monstrous aspect of a chick out in the bush for 10 days without a bath who is also on the rag.

Horrible image here...

 

[marsden]

ok ladys... this might be going south very soon. suggest looking through EE for a while.

 

[hansol]

I do believe I'll add that adjective to the old thesaurus. "Monstual". I like it.

Monstual: the monstrous aspect of a female who has been out in the bush for 10 days without a bath, who is also on the rag

Thank you for adding to the great English language USP

 

[rhino519]

glad to expand english language even when misspelling them non common words in mens vocabulary

 

[ILoveBigRacks]

Horrible image here...

Not so much the image that would get to me, it'd be that smell .

All kidding aside, I'm guessing he did the bear a favour by shooting it. If it had actually gotten within reach of the monstrating lady in question it would have suffered long and painful misery unlike anything it had ever experienced (think we've all been there at one time or another, and would have welcomed a bullet ).

 

[pitdogboy]

45 ftw!

 

[gorky]

That's like saying it's OK to bring beer into that area of the park, but it's illegal to drink 'em

When they say carry, they do not specify between CCW, open carry, carry in a case unloaded, etc. The article sure makes it sound retarded though.

Also proof that a 45acp can defend your life in a wilderness survival situation, even if it is not ideal. I'm curious what kind of gun he was carrying, especially if it was a single stack with a 10rd mag or a 8+1 Wilson mag versus a double stack 1911. Did he only shoot 9rds because that was all the gun held at the time ? If so, defiantly time to work on those mag changes...

 

[ben hunchak]

I'm thinking that if you took the time to fire 9 shots at a grizzly and not get eaten, the grizzly was not close enough or not mad enough to be a danger to begin with.

 

[ILoveBigRacks]

I'm thinking that if you took the time to fire 9 shots at a grizzly and not get eaten, the grizzly was not close enough or not mad enough to be a danger to begin with.

Fair enough but I'm thinking if a grizzly is charging towards you (as this fellow claims) I don't want to wait until he's close enough to ask his intentions. By the time he's on you and you realize, yep he's close enough and mad enough to eat me, it's probably too late.