| Ripp |
| (.577 member) |
| 13/08/14 12:25 AM |
Re: Alaska man shoots/kills brown bear with .44 mag
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Sounds to me like a brown phase black bear. At 200 pounds, it certainly wasn't an "Alaskan" Brown Bear, but a brown (black) bear in Alaska.
Sucks to be him - lucky he had the revolver. Dogs usually bring bears back to their owner - that's what they do when allowed to run wild where there are bears.
Was thinking the same thing..200lb brown bear would have to be a juvenile or as you stated brown phase black bear..
Guy was killed in YNP a couple years back for the same reason I believe..dogs come running back with a sow griz on their tails...took out the guy,, hit the wife, he hollered to get the bear off her, griz come back to him and killed him with a bite to the back of the neck..lights out..
Also read an article a couple years back about the most often used firearm and caliber in Alaska for bear attacks and in that particular article it stated a .357Mag. which I found really odd ..figured it would have been a 44 mag or something large than .357..it also discussed 12 gauge with slugs, etc..but stated .357 was the most used.
Ripp