IronNoggin
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- Port Alberni, Vancouver Island
Hunter Shoots Partner During Grizzly Mauling
- Thread starter IronNoggin
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Cameron SS
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Ground Zero
A challenging situation to say the least.
I wonder how many bear hunters actually plan for, and train for, the possibility that a Hunt can quickly turn into a Fight.
Guy chooses not to bring rifle becUse wasnt planning on hunting.
Guy only brings one magazine.
Guy doesnt bring first aid kit.
The two guys probably didnt plan or rehearse their response plan if coming upon a grizzly.
People say you never know what you will do until faced with a situation, but studies show people tend to do what you /trained to do.
So for me, I dont wonder if its worse to get mauled by a bear or shot by a friend trying to save my life.
I wonder how I would plan a bear hunting trip differently so this doesnt happen at all.
How many hunters zero there rifles on a lifelike depiction of a bear where their hunting buddies picture is underneath the bear target.
Or practice defensive use of a long gun at short range.
How does the possibility of needing many rounds to put down a grizzley affect how much ammo I plan to carry.
Thats what I wonder about anyways.
Wouldn’t be the first man in the history of the world that was forced to make a split second decision to act, only to give his best but fall short. A tragedy,pure and simple.
I’d like to believe that if these two friends were to meet someday up in the happy hunting grounds that the forgiveness the one man so desperately needs wouldn’t be denied by the other.
In my younger years I firmly believed that a person made their own luck and that nearly all risk could be mitigated by education, awareness and preparedness.
I am older now and painfully aware of just how much of a role luck plays in our everyday lives from the cradle to the grave.
I’d like to believe that if these two friends were to meet someday up in the happy hunting grounds that the forgiveness the one man so desperately needs wouldn’t be denied by the other.
In my younger years I firmly believed that a person made their own luck and that nearly all risk could be mitigated by education, awareness and preparedness.
I am older now and painfully aware of just how much of a role luck plays in our everyday lives from the cradle to the grave.
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