hunter killed by grizzly
hunter killed by grizzly
A hunter from calgary was reported missing sunday night and on wednesday his body was found 2oo meters from his truck fish and wildlife say he was killed by a grizzly he was a 51 year old man hunting alone about 50 km from sundre alberta which also happens to be one of my wolf elk areas sounds like their wasnt much left of the guy when they found him
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300, is this the same incident? (The info matches).
Man, ya really gotta be careful in Griz country!
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CALGARY -- Authorities believe a Calgary hunter killed by a grizzly near Sundre went down fighting, firing his weapon before dying.
An autopsy conducted on Don Peters, 51, of Calgary, yesterday confirmed the city hunter died as a result of a grizzly bear attack and an investigation at the scene concluded Peters fired his hunting rifle before being killed, said RCMP Sgt. Patrick Webb.
His weapon was not on him, "but it was relatively nearby," said Webb, adding that although Peters had set up an elevated platform - or blind - in the woods from which to hunt, the Calgary man was located some distance from the structure.
"He may have been searching for a different location for his blind, or he may have been checking something out in the woods ... but what ultimately drew him away is just speculation," he said.
Peters was out hunting big game over the weekend in a heavily wooded area near Mount-Aire Lodge west of Sundre, about 90 km northwest of Calgary, when he failed to return home on Sunday afternoon.
He was found Wednesday after an intensive three-day search.
Signs at the scene show Peters was likely killed Sunday but that the hunter, despite having fired his high-powered rifle before the attack, likely didn't hit the bruin that killed him, said Alberta Sustainable Resource Development spokesman Dave Ealey.
"There is no evidence of a blood trail from the bear, or any other signs that the bear is wounded," he said.
Fish and wildlife officers yesterday cast a massive virtual net over the area in the hopes of catching the bruin and made the woods where Peters died a no-go zone, said Ealey.
"We believe that right now this could be a dangerous situation for people, so we closed off the entire area," he said.
"Key access points have been shut down."
After searching the immediate area where the attack took place, searchers expanded their air and ground search yesterday, and set up culvert traps in the hopes of catching the grizzly.
Upon capture, the bear may be shot, transplanted or let go, depending on what results a thorough evaluation of the bear yields, said Ealey.
"Once we capture him, we need to establish the condition of the bear, what the circumstances were when the incident happened and what role the bear played," he said.
The bear could be a marauding beast, or may have simply been startled or starving, said Ealey.
Man, ya really gotta be careful in Griz country!
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CALGARY -- Authorities believe a Calgary hunter killed by a grizzly near Sundre went down fighting, firing his weapon before dying.
An autopsy conducted on Don Peters, 51, of Calgary, yesterday confirmed the city hunter died as a result of a grizzly bear attack and an investigation at the scene concluded Peters fired his hunting rifle before being killed, said RCMP Sgt. Patrick Webb.
His weapon was not on him, "but it was relatively nearby," said Webb, adding that although Peters had set up an elevated platform - or blind - in the woods from which to hunt, the Calgary man was located some distance from the structure.
"He may have been searching for a different location for his blind, or he may have been checking something out in the woods ... but what ultimately drew him away is just speculation," he said.
Peters was out hunting big game over the weekend in a heavily wooded area near Mount-Aire Lodge west of Sundre, about 90 km northwest of Calgary, when he failed to return home on Sunday afternoon.
He was found Wednesday after an intensive three-day search.
Signs at the scene show Peters was likely killed Sunday but that the hunter, despite having fired his high-powered rifle before the attack, likely didn't hit the bruin that killed him, said Alberta Sustainable Resource Development spokesman Dave Ealey.
"There is no evidence of a blood trail from the bear, or any other signs that the bear is wounded," he said.
Fish and wildlife officers yesterday cast a massive virtual net over the area in the hopes of catching the bruin and made the woods where Peters died a no-go zone, said Ealey.
"We believe that right now this could be a dangerous situation for people, so we closed off the entire area," he said.
"Key access points have been shut down."
After searching the immediate area where the attack took place, searchers expanded their air and ground search yesterday, and set up culvert traps in the hopes of catching the grizzly.
Upon capture, the bear may be shot, transplanted or let go, depending on what results a thorough evaluation of the bear yields, said Ealey.
"Once we capture him, we need to establish the condition of the bear, what the circumstances were when the incident happened and what role the bear played," he said.
The bear could be a marauding beast, or may have simply been startled or starving, said Ealey.
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