Lucky to be Alive
sneekeepete
9/1/09 6:32am
No sure about all the details on this sotry so if anyone has more info please post it. I got this in an email this morning. If it is true it is pretty crazy.
Friends,
Have I got a story for you guys!
King season is over, and since i had a day off before
silvers start, i
thought i would go for a walk! this occurred at 11:16 am
this morning, just
2/10 of a mile from my house, ON OUR ROAD while walking my
dogs (trying to
get in shape for hunting season, ironically!) for the
record, this is in a
residential area-not back in the woods, no bowhunting, no
stealth
occurring...
I heard a twig snap, and looked back...full on charge-a huge
brownie, ears
back, head low and motorin' full speed! Came with zero
warning; no woof, no
popping of the teeth, no standing up, nothing like what you
think or see on
TV! It charged from less than 20 yards and was on me in
about one-second!
Totally surreal-I just started shooting in the general
direction, and praise
God that my second shot (or was it my
third?) Rolled him at 5 feet and he skidded to a stop 10
feet BEYOND where I
was shooting from-I actually sidestepped him and fell over
backwards on the
last shot, and his momentum carried him to a stop past where
I fired my
first shot!
It was a prehistoric old boar-no teeth, no fat-weighed
between 900-1000 lbs
and took five men to DRAG it onto a tilt-bed trailer! Big
bear-its paw
measured out at about a 9 1/2 footer!
never-ever-thought "it" would happen to me! its always some
other smuck,
right? well, no bull- i am still high on adrenaline, with my
gut in a knot.
feels like i did 10000 crunches without stopping!
almost puked for an hour after, had the burps and couldn't
even stand up as
the troopers conducted their investigation! totally wiped me
out- cant even
put that feeling into words, by far the most emotion i have
ever felt at
once!
No doubt that God was with me, as I brought my Ruger .454
Casull (and some
"hot" 350 grain solids) just for the heck of it, and managed
to draw and
snap shoot (pointed, never even aimed!) from the hip! Total
luck shot!
Anybody want to write up the story? I have pretty good
pictures!!!
Interesting stuff, but the real point of the article needs
to focus on what
all local here agree on... ADF&G'S MIS-MANAGEMENT OF OUR
LOCAL BEARS and how
they underestimate our population, wont allow a fair- chase
hunt, and
consequently our kenai peninsula bears now have no
predators, are way too
aggressive/bold, and numbers are skyrocketing!
Did you know that last week i had two chase my dog UNDER my
daughters
trampoline 5 feet from our house! and last summer, we had 13
brownies in our
yard! we have bear "proof" garbage cans, no dog food
outside, no bird
feeders, no fish carcasses/eggs...nothing to contribute to
this situation!
anyway, as you can tell, i am fed up with it, and wont even
hesitate to
shoot on sight the next brown bear that sets foot in my
yard!!! game on!
All I can say is Praise God for my safety and for choosing
to leave the wife
and kids at home on this walk! Got a charter tomorrow, so
gonna TRY to get
some sleep now!
talk to ya soon, -greg
Friends,
Have I got a story for you guys!
King season is over, and since i had a day off before
silvers start, i
thought i would go for a walk! this occurred at 11:16 am
this morning, just
2/10 of a mile from my house, ON OUR ROAD while walking my
dogs (trying to
get in shape for hunting season, ironically!) for the
record, this is in a
residential area-not back in the woods, no bowhunting, no
stealth
occurring...
I heard a twig snap, and looked back...full on charge-a huge
brownie, ears
back, head low and motorin' full speed! Came with zero
warning; no woof, no
popping of the teeth, no standing up, nothing like what you
think or see on
TV! It charged from less than 20 yards and was on me in
about one-second!
Totally surreal-I just started shooting in the general
direction, and praise
God that my second shot (or was it my
third?) Rolled him at 5 feet and he skidded to a stop 10
feet BEYOND where I
was shooting from-I actually sidestepped him and fell over
backwards on the
last shot, and his momentum carried him to a stop past where
I fired my
first shot!
It was a prehistoric old boar-no teeth, no fat-weighed
between 900-1000 lbs
and took five men to DRAG it onto a tilt-bed trailer! Big
bear-its paw
measured out at about a 9 1/2 footer!
never-ever-thought "it" would happen to me! its always some
other smuck,
right? well, no bull- i am still high on adrenaline, with my
gut in a knot.
feels like i did 10000 crunches without stopping!
almost puked for an hour after, had the burps and couldn't
even stand up as
the troopers conducted their investigation! totally wiped me
out- cant even
put that feeling into words, by far the most emotion i have
ever felt at
once!
No doubt that God was with me, as I brought my Ruger .454
Casull (and some
"hot" 350 grain solids) just for the heck of it, and managed
to draw and
snap shoot (pointed, never even aimed!) from the hip! Total
luck shot!
Anybody want to write up the story? I have pretty good
pictures!!!
Interesting stuff, but the real point of the article needs
to focus on what
all local here agree on... ADF&G'S MIS-MANAGEMENT OF OUR
LOCAL BEARS and how
they underestimate our population, wont allow a fair- chase
hunt, and
consequently our kenai peninsula bears now have no
predators, are way too
aggressive/bold, and numbers are skyrocketing!
Did you know that last week i had two chase my dog UNDER my
daughters
trampoline 5 feet from our house! and last summer, we had 13
brownies in our
yard! we have bear "proof" garbage cans, no dog food
outside, no bird
feeders, no fish carcasses/eggs...nothing to contribute to
this situation!
anyway, as you can tell, i am fed up with it, and wont even
hesitate to
shoot on sight the next brown bear that sets foot in my
yard!!! game on!
All I can say is Praise God for my safety and for choosing
to leave the wife
and kids at home on this walk! Got a charter tomorrow, so
gonna TRY to get
some sleep now!
talk to ya soon, -greg
2,601
Looks like he did that old boar a favor. He sure looked pretty ragged and was down to hunting easy prey (Like us).
Looks like the mange had a hold of him too which isn't too uncommon with unhealthy or weaking animals.