Quote:A man in Alaska survived a bear mauling this week and said he feels “lucky” to have lived through the ordeal, the third bear attack in the United States this year.
As reported by the Associated Press, Allen Minish was by himself and surveying land for a real estate agent in a desolate area of Alaska when he encountered a large brown bear about 30 feet away from him.
“I saw him and he saw me at the same time, and it’s scary,” he said over the phone from the hospital to the outlet on Wednesday, a day after the bear mauling which he said lasted less than 10 seconds.
The outlet reported that the mauling resulted in Minish suffering “a crushed jaw, a puncture wound in his scalp so deep the doctor told him he could see bone, lacerations, and many stitches after a 4.5-hour surgery. He also is wearing a patch over his right eye, saying the doctors are worried about it.”
According to Minish, the bear was bigger than 300-pound black bears he has encountered. It charged towards him in a matter of seconds and as Minish attempted to escape by hiding behind small trees, the bear kept going through them. Minish pointed his surveying pole at the bear, but it knocked the object away, pushing Minish onto the ground.
“As he lunged up on top of me, I grabbed his lower jaw to pull him away,” he said, adding that’s how he suffered a puncture wound to his hand. “But he tossed me aside there, grabbed a quarter of my face.”
“He took a small bite and then he took a second bite, and the second bite is the one that broke the bones … and crushed my right cheek basically,” he said.
The bear let go and Minish put his face towards the ground and covered his head with his hands. After he did so, the bear simply walked away. Minish said he thinks the bear walked away because he did not think that Minish was a threat anymore.
“I realized I was in pretty bad shape because I had all this blood everywhere,” he said.
He dialed 911 on his phone and began to use his clothing to wrap around his head and stop the bleeding.
“It took a while to give them that because I had so much blood flowing into my eyes and on to the GPS, I kept having to wipe it all off,” he said.
The process of getting Minish out of the area was a task in itself and rescue personnel attempted to carry him through the forest, but ended up helping him walk “a quarter-mile through swamps, brush, and trees. From there, he was taken to a nearby airport and flown to Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage by a medical helicopter. He is listed in good condition at Providence,” per the outlet.
Minish said that the one lesson he learned is that he should have had someone with him as he went into the woods.
“I guess I feel lucky,” Minish said, after someone told him his situation is better than not being alive.
“In all honesty, it wouldn’t have mattered either way. You know, if it killed me, it killed me. I had a good life; I’m moving on. It didn’t kill me, so now let’s move on to the other direction of trying to stay alive,” he said.
This is at least the third bear attack this year after recent attacks resulted in the death of two people. One woman was killed by a bear in Colorado while she was walking her dogs, and a backcountry guide was killed near Yellowstone National Park in Montana.
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Bears are one of my greatest fears. I'm afraid of venturing out to the wild and encountering one. That's why I would try to carry a big enough gun to at least take a shot at it. The 12 ga. shotgun I'm looking at now would certainly fit the bill.
Many of you are gun enthusiasts so I'm asking which pistol caliber would be able to bring a bear down? A pistol would be more convenient than a shotgun.
RE: Man Denies Bear Right To Maul The **** Out OF Him
Neither a pistol nor a shotgun are going to help much against a brown bear. They have a thick layer of fat and a very thick skull. You need a high powered rifle. Best to just stay away from them. :)
RE: Man Denies Bear Right To Maul The **** Out OF Him
(05-20-2021 02:17 PM)CrimsonPhantom Wrote:
Quote:A man in Alaska survived a bear mauling this week and said he feels “lucky” to have lived through the ordeal, the third bear attack in the United States this year.
As reported by the Associated Press, Allen Minish was by himself and surveying land for a real estate agent in a desolate area of Alaska when he encountered a large brown bear about 30 feet away from him.
“I saw him and he saw me at the same time, and it’s scary,” he said over the phone from the hospital to the outlet on Wednesday, a day after the bear mauling which he said lasted less than 10 seconds.
The outlet reported that the mauling resulted in Minish suffering “a crushed jaw, a puncture wound in his scalp so deep the doctor told him he could see bone, lacerations, and many stitches after a 4.5-hour surgery. He also is wearing a patch over his right eye, saying the doctors are worried about it.”
According to Minish, the bear was bigger than 300-pound black bears he has encountered. It charged towards him in a matter of seconds and as Minish attempted to escape by hiding behind small trees, the bear kept going through them. Minish pointed his surveying pole at the bear, but it knocked the object away, pushing Minish onto the ground.
“As he lunged up on top of me, I grabbed his lower jaw to pull him away,” he said, adding that’s how he suffered a puncture wound to his hand. “But he tossed me aside there, grabbed a quarter of my face.”
“He took a small bite and then he took a second bite, and the second bite is the one that broke the bones … and crushed my right cheek basically,” he said.
The bear let go and Minish put his face towards the ground and covered his head with his hands. After he did so, the bear simply walked away. Minish said he thinks the bear walked away because he did not think that Minish was a threat anymore.
“I realized I was in pretty bad shape because I had all this blood everywhere,” he said.
He dialed 911 on his phone and began to use his clothing to wrap around his head and stop the bleeding.
“It took a while to give them that because I had so much blood flowing into my eyes and on to the GPS, I kept having to wipe it all off,” he said.
The process of getting Minish out of the area was a task in itself and rescue personnel attempted to carry him through the forest, but ended up helping him walk “a quarter-mile through swamps, brush, and trees. From there, he was taken to a nearby airport and flown to Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage by a medical helicopter. He is listed in good condition at Providence,” per the outlet.
Minish said that the one lesson he learned is that he should have had someone with him as he went into the woods.
“I guess I feel lucky,” Minish said, after someone told him his situation is better than not being alive.
“In all honesty, it wouldn’t have mattered either way. You know, if it killed me, it killed me. I had a good life; I’m moving on. It didn’t kill me, so now let’s move on to the other direction of trying to stay alive,” he said.
This is at least the third bear attack this year after recent attacks resulted in the death of two people. One woman was killed by a bear in Colorado while she was walking her dogs, and a backcountry guide was killed near Yellowstone National Park in Montana.
RE: Man Denies Bear Right To Maul The **** Out OF Him
(05-20-2021 03:01 PM)olliebaba Wrote: Bears are one of my greatest fears. I'm afraid of venturing out to the wild and encountering one. That's why I would try to carry a big enough gun to at least take a shot at it. The 12 ga. shotgun I'm looking at now would certainly fit the bill.
Many of you are gun enthusiasts so I'm asking which pistol caliber would be able to bring a bear down? A pistol would be more convenient than a shotgun.
357mag is probably the closest you would come, but unfortunately, those only come in the revolver variety. If I were going up against a bear, I would want at least 10 rounds, and probably 15, which puts you into the 10MM FMJ arena. Shoot for the yawning mouth. Slow and steady accurate shots.
RE: Man Denies Bear Right To Maul The **** Out OF Him
(05-20-2021 07:14 PM)geosnooker2000 Wrote:
(05-20-2021 03:01 PM)olliebaba Wrote: Bears are one of my greatest fears. I'm afraid of venturing out to the wild and encountering one. That's why I would try to carry a big enough gun to at least take a shot at it. The 12 ga. shotgun I'm looking at now would certainly fit the bill.
Many of you are gun enthusiasts so I'm asking which pistol caliber would be able to bring a bear down? A pistol would be more convenient than a shotgun.
357mag is probably the closest you would come, but unfortunately, those only come in the revolver variety. If I were going up against a bear, I would want at least 10 rounds, and probably 15, which puts you into the 10MM FMJ arena. Shoot for the yawning mouth. Slow and steady accurate shots.
You dont have to kill the bear....
cant you just shoot his teeth and his paw to neutralize him? Or is it her or, maybe "they"? Maybe on second though...just tase "they". Now if its a Polar Bear shoot that SOB in the brain....
they are not on the protected list
(This post was last modified: 05-20-2021 08:27 PM by WKUYG.)
RE: Man Denies Bear Right To Maul The **** Out OF Him
Jeez just shoot the dang thing in the knee when it charges. Be sure and assess the situation first though. It might just be trying to give you a hug, so dont overreact and start shooting kneecaps while it is charging at you.
RE: Man Denies Bear Right To Maul The **** Out OF Him
(05-20-2021 03:06 PM)BartlettTigerFan Wrote: Neither a pistol nor a shotgun are going to help much against a brown bear. They have a thick layer of fat and a very thick skull. You need a high powered rifle. Best to just stay away from them. :)
I don't know about that, a shotty loaded up with 00 buckshot has some serious stopping power. The problem is you gotta be pretty close.
As for pistols, .454 or even .44 calibers will knock down a grizzly IF you hit it right.
If it's me out in the woods in bear country I want something chambered in .45-70 though.
RE: Man Denies Bear Right To Maul The **** Out OF Him
(05-20-2021 07:14 PM)geosnooker2000 Wrote:
(05-20-2021 03:01 PM)olliebaba Wrote: Bears are one of my greatest fears. I'm afraid of venturing out to the wild and encountering one. That's why I would try to carry a big enough gun to at least take a shot at it. The 12 ga. shotgun I'm looking at now would certainly fit the bill.
Many of you are gun enthusiasts so I'm asking which pistol caliber would be able to bring a bear down? A pistol would be more convenient than a shotgun.
357mag is probably the closest you would come, but unfortunately, those only come in the revolver variety. If I were going up against a bear, I would want at least 10 rounds, and probably 15, which puts you into the 10MM FMJ arena. Shoot for the yawning mouth. Slow and steady accurate shots.
Good choice if for no other reason than sheer volume but if it's me I want JHP, not FMJ.
RE: Man Denies Bear Right To Maul The **** Out OF Him
(05-20-2021 08:42 PM)TigerBlue4Ever Wrote:
(05-20-2021 07:14 PM)geosnooker2000 Wrote:
(05-20-2021 03:01 PM)olliebaba Wrote: Bears are one of my greatest fears. I'm afraid of venturing out to the wild and encountering one. That's why I would try to carry a big enough gun to at least take a shot at it. The 12 ga. shotgun I'm looking at now would certainly fit the bill.
Many of you are gun enthusiasts so I'm asking which pistol caliber would be able to bring a bear down? A pistol would be more convenient than a shotgun.
357mag is probably the closest you would come, but unfortunately, those only come in the revolver variety. If I were going up against a bear, I would want at least 10 rounds, and probably 15, which puts you into the 10MM FMJ arena. Shoot for the yawning mouth. Slow and steady accurate shots.
Good choice if for no other reason than sheer volume but if it's me I want JHP, not FMJ.
Actually, that's a good call. JHP has better knock-down power.
RE: Man Denies Bear Right To Maul The **** Out OF Him
Saw this earlier today, thought it was pretty cool.
Could have been a deadly encounter but this guy was trained and experienced. He was totally calm as the bear approached and seemed to know she was more curious than anything and was more testing/bluffing him than a serious charge. It could have been a very deadly encounter with a less experienced person.
I like how he was telling her she was a pretty girl as he pulled out his gun. I guess younger bears like this will often just sniff a bit and go on about their business.
If you go to youtube and read the description under the vid he explains the whole situation.
(This post was last modified: 05-20-2021 11:14 PM by ericsrevenge76.)
