Another hunter mauled

[Coach Chris]

Another hunter mauled by grizzly in southwestern Montana

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A fourth hunter has been injured by a grizzly bear in less than 10 days in the Gravelly Mountains in southwestern Montana. Fish, Wildlife and Parks spokesman Morgan Jacobsen says an Ohio man was mauled Tuesday about 8 miles (13 kilometers) south of where three hunters were...

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[JLS]

That bear must have one sour ass attitude.

 

[dirtclod Az.]

Doesn't seem to like NR's.

 

[Carnage2011]

This was just a freak deal. The guy was walking through deadfall and literally walked into a sleeping grizzly....that would suck!

 

[JLS]

This was just a freak deal. The guy was walking through deadfall and literally walked into a sleeping grizzly....that would suck!

We bumped one off a carcass a few years ago not too far from where these attacks have happened. Pretty tense retreat with spray out.

 

[Southern Elk]

We packed a 6x6 out Sunday night. Knowing grizzlies are around keeps you on your toes. It wouldn't surprise me if there was a grizzly on that carcass before daylight.

 

[rmauch20]

Aren’t they precious and cuddly. We definitely more of these beautiful animals around.

 

[JLS]

Aren’t they precious and cuddly.

No, they’re not. They’re part of nature. Wild country comes with inherent risk.

 

[rmauch20]

It was sarcasm.

That risk would be reduced if them were managed correctly.

 

[JLS]

That risk would be reduced if them were managed correctly.

Maybe, maybe not. You have a high density of bow hunters and a growing population of bears.

 

[HighWildFree]

That risk would be reduced if them were managed correctly.

Who says risk needs to be reduced?

 

[RockinU]

Bears do bear things.

 

[rmauch20]

Who says risk needs to be reduced?

If we would follow what is recommended by state wildlife agencies about putting a hunting season on bears and think less at emotional level regarding bears I think that would reduce some of the risk of human bear interaction.
Being from Kansas I personally don’t give a shit if you guys in Montana, Idaho,and Wyoming want a bear on every acre. Just don’t be crying your eyes out when your ungulate population is decimated. The bears will be doing bear things.
In a modern wildlife management era an apex predator such as a grizzly bear can I just be given a free pass and their population left to grow completely unchecked. The whole historic range argument is BS, they are moving the goalpost.

 

[KipCarson]

At this rate that’s the unit to go after next year, the hunting pressure is bound to be lower!

 

[Carnage2011]

At this rate that’s the unit to go after next year, the hunting pressure is bound to be lower!

We would need about 8,463,201,394 more grizzly attacks to put a dent in the hunting pressure in that unit.

 

[RobG]

Well, at least it’s safer now since the last hunter wounded the bear. /sarcasm

 

[Hilljackoutlaw]

Who says risk needs to be reduced?

What?

 

[JLS]

If we would follow what is recommended by state wildlife agencies about putting a hunting season on bears and think less at emotional level regarding bears I think that would reduce some of the risk of human bear interaction.
Being from Kansas I personally don’t give a shit if you guys in Montana, Idaho,and Wyoming want a bear on every acre. Just don’t be crying your eyes out when your ungulate population is decimated. The bears will be doing bear things.
In a modern wildlife management era an apex predator such as a grizzly bear can I just be given a free pass and their population left to grow completely unchecked. The whole historic range argument is BS, they are moving the goalpost.

It would likely have no bearing whatsoever on this recent uptick of attacks. 1) Hunting bears isn’t likely to alter population behaviors at all and 2) this population wouldn’t likely be slated as one to hunt.

 

[RockinU]

Well, at least it’s safer now since the last hunter wounded the bear. /sarcasm

Yeah, I get the point, but at the same time, it's kind of hard to blame a guy for poking a hole in a bear that's chewing on him.

 

[sbhooper]

There are two things at work here. There are more bears than ever, and also, more and more people stumbling around the area hunting, hiking, picking posies, or whatever. This country is now bear habitat and people had better get used to it. A person makes a conscious decision, as to where he/she hunts, and also has to deal with the potential risk. No sympathy here, for the bears, or the people.