Grizz relocation gone wrong: Photos

They said that he suffered severe wounds, but they were not as bad as they could have been! No .357 and he was a goner. Better that the bear take one than him though. Bad situation all around.
 
I also agree, but I would think this sort of release had been done many times before without incident, maybe just got careless.

That's quite the story to live through, its a good thing he had the revolver with him. And having been through life threatening experiences before, you're not concentrating on whether or not you're a goner, you just react and do your best to protect yourself. Its amazing what a human can do once the adrenaline kicks in.. LR
 
That is one very lucky warden. As the others said, lesson learned, my guess is it is standard procedure to SECURE the cage to the vehicle now...

Cheers
Jay
 
So many bears are handled here that Resources has developed a much safer technique when a large number of bears are being released onto the sea ice. The traps are the trailer mounted and not mounted in the bed of a pick-up. The traps are backed up against each other so the doors are against each other. A vehicle is parked nose on where the opposed cages meet, forming a T. One door is opened by a cable on a boat winch, so no one has to climb up on top of the cage. The vehicle hooked up to trap #1 is pulled forward just enough to allow the bear room to get out and the only direction he can go is out towards the sea ice, helped along by the horn of the blocking vehicle and about a dozen cracker shells. The door of that trap is dropped, the trap is backed up against the trap #2 and the procedure is repeated for the next and subsequent bears. Using this technique, neither the personnel or the bears are at risk.

The article does seem to answer the question of the suitability of the .357 for bear defence. He was a very lucky fellow. Hopefully they reviewed their procedures.
 
I read about this some time ago and it said he fired all six shots from his handgun. Then squeesed the trigger one more time and said later the loudest sound he had ever heard was the "click" of the fireing pin on the spent case.

When you are that close in a shooting situation, I have read and agree that a .357 double action is maybe better than a .44 mag or a bigger pistol. You have "enough" power to kill the bear and it is "tame enough" to shoot the gun with one hand, eather hand, again and again and again and again...

Robin in Rocky
 
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