Maine Bear Hunter Attacked..

Phil from Maine · 09-15-2010, 11:42 AM

That is right a Miane bear hunter was attacked by a 365lb male black bear after he had shot it. They were hunting with dogs and he had fired upon the bear as it was runn ing by. The bear turned and attacked him after he had given it another shot. Bears like other wild animals can be unpredictable so be carefull when hunting those big bruins..

Here is what was in todays paper..
http://www.bangordailynews.com/story...-a-blur,153775

car · 09-16-2010, 07:06 AM

I better not let my wife read this. We leave today to hunt in NH and Maine. Her first time in the bear woods lol

Champlain Islander · 09-16-2010, 07:20 AM

My wife doesn't hunt and is scared of them from all the stuff you see on TV. I see them all the time when I am deer hunting here in Vt or elk hunting Colorado and they don't bother me. I leave them alone and they do the same. Then again they aren't grizzleys. I am glad there aren't griz's in the area I elk hunt in southern Colorado. Bad enough keeping an eye out for a lion when you go back to your kill for another pack trip..

crenshaw · 09-17-2010, 07:39 AM

A friend of mine had a black bear charge him after he shot it, thankfully it died at his feet after he let the next 3rds of his 45-70 go during the charge. I had a black bear stand up to me in Virginia hunting whitetails on top of a mountain, about 5 miles back in the national forest, he finally ran off but had my heartrate going hard.

When i elk hunt in wyoming Griz's are a big problem, you spend half your day spotting elk and the other half watching for Griz's. Had a monster Griz stalking me for hours one day, i found out when i made a complete circle around this knoll, and my footprints in the snow had his footprints on top... His pads were larger then my .44mag S&W. When i finally climbed on top of this rock to wait, he showed up about 10 mins later, he got a little nervous and left, i was waiting with my .300WSM. That area is bad though, a couple guides have been attacked before, yet DNR always likes to keep that on the Down low as to not heighten awareness and cause fear, cant say i blame them.

Jeff Ovington · 09-18-2010, 01:46 PM

It happens. No sympathy from me.
If I was that bear and I got shot, I would do the same thing but kill I'd kill him.This is why shot placement and choosing the right cal and bullet is so so important.Not the bears fault at all.This hunter deserved what he got,it goes with any wild animal. I know of a guy who was attacked by a monster buck he shot. Just about lost his leg over it after the buck charged him and stabbed him with his antlers.
I was charged by a little fork horn buck one time out hunting. It chased me back to my vehical.I woulda had a hard time convincing the CO that I had to kill it though cause the season was 4 points on one side( not including the brown tine or bigger) so I chose to run instead .you have to respect the animals you hunt and shot placement ,caliber,and bullet choice, are the most important tools needed.This is why you need to respect the game you hunt.

Sniper151 · 09-18-2010, 05:54 PM

I bet he will practice a bit more before his next outing.

Jeff Ovington · 09-18-2010, 06:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Sniper151

I bet he will practice a bit more before his next outing.

Yeah. Deffinately won't be using him as a guide that's for sure.

Phil from Maine · 09-20-2010, 03:40 PM

Yeah, and I bet he doesn't want those same clients back either. From all the info that has been coming out from it. It appears as tho the ones he was guiding had froze beat feet at the last minute. That left him with a charging bear at close range in thick brush with no time but to shoot. The bear coming at him from around 15 feet at full speed doesn't leave much time. This is thick brush with little visability. The bear in fact was killed by the guide even though it attacked him before dieing.

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Originally Posted by Sniper151

I bet he will practice a bit more before his next outing.
Yeah. Deffinately won't be using him as a guide that's for sure.

It is like saying you can shoot a buck and it will not run.. Even with a double lung and a heart shot they still run. So I guess shot placement and your ideal weapon can still have your game run on you. Bears can be different when they run. Also some of the guides here have hunters freeze and miss bears at 15 yards from a treestand. They get pretty discourage when that happens. But it is what it is..

salukipv1 · 09-20-2010, 05:27 PM

A bowhunter was attacked by a griz near Ennis, MT.

Article said he didn't have time to get his pepper spray, bear bit his arm, broke it, and ran off, he survived.