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Hunter mauled by brown bear he shot near Anchorage's Ship Creek, official
says

By Tess Williams

A hunter was attacked by a brown bear Thursday morning near Ship Creek after
he shot it but didn't realize it was still alive, an Alaska Department of
Fish and Game official said.
The hunter, treated at a hospital for injuries, was able to make his way out
of the area without calling for rescue, said Cory Stantorf, an assistant
wildlife biologist for the Anchorage area.
The man shot a large adult brown bear between about 9 and 10 a.m. in an area
near Ship Creek and up the valley from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson land,
Stantorf said. It is legal to hunt in the area, he said.
The man then approached the bear, which he thought was dead, and it got up
and charged him, the biologist said.
The bear wounded him during the attack, according to Stantorf, although he
said he could not provide additional details about the injuries or how
severe they were.
Others in the hunting party shot at the bear, Stantorf said, and it stopped
attacking and left. The hunters made it out of the area without further
incident, he said.
It wasn't clear by Friday morning if the bear had died from the gunshot
wounds, Stantorf said. The hunting party was returning to the area to look
for the bear, he said.
There have been several other bear maulings in Anchorage this year. A
soldier was killed and another was injured during a defensive attack
involving a sow brown bear with cubs on a remote area of JBER in May.
A man was treated at the hospital last month after he surprised a sow brown
bear with a cub in Eagle River. A woman was also injured last month when a
black bear swatted at her on the Tony Knowles Coastal Trail near Point
Woronzof. Stantorf said it's important that anyone recreating outdoors in
the backcountry or even in Anchorage is paying attention to their
surroundings and looking for bears.

Ammo is cheap always pay the insurance.

I was charged by a brown Bear several years ago but we had ample time and distance to be prepared, fortunately the female came at the guide and I then turned around and returned to its cub, it is an experience you will never forget but to walk up close to what you believe is dead and it gets up full throttle is another thing, not surprising it did not go well...heal quickly

I remember reading an African PH story where he said "It's the dead ones that kill you"