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Hunter in Alaska recovering after being mauled by bear and shot amid effort to fend it off

By Associated Press

Published August 19, 2024 7:50 PM


ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Authorities say a hunter in Alaska has been hospitalized after being mauled by a brown bear and shot during an effort to fend it off. Alaska State Troopers said Monday that the bear attack occurred Saturday on the Kenai Peninsula, southwest of Anchorage. The 32-year-old hunter was seriously injured both in the mauling and in the shooting. He and a hunting companion opened fire, and he was shot in the leg. A troopers spokesman said it was not immediately clear who fired the shot that struck the man. The bear was killed.

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Soldotna hunter survives brown bear attack

KDLL | By Jenny Neyman

Published August 19, 2024 at 11:22 PM AKDT

32-year-old is alive after shooting a bear, and himself, in an incident near Resurrection Pass Trail

A Soldotna man was mauled by a brown bear Saturday while hunting near Resurrection Pass Trail between Hope and Cooper Landing. Alaska State Troopers say they received a report of a brown bear attack around 3 p.m. Two men were hunting near Abernathy Creek, in the summit region of Resurrection Pass Trail, west of Devil’s Pass public use cabin.

Troopers say a 32-year-old man was seriously injured by the bear and a gunshot wound sustained while attempting to stop the attack.

Tyler Johnson posted on Facebook Sunday that he was the hunter injured in the attack. Johnson grew up in Sterling, graduated from Soldotna High School and only recently moved with his wife and son from Soldotna to Austin, Texas. He came back for a hunt with his dad, Chris Johnson, an Alaska Wildlife Trooper stationed in Soldotna. Tyler Johnson says he and his dad were looking for black bears, making their way through thick brush, when they broke out onto a clearing. Though they were making noise getting through the brush, Johnson figures they spooked the bear, which was possibly napping nearby.

“That’s when the bear announced it was there. And it was about four seconds between that and impact with me. If anyone’s heard a brown bear, it makes you kind of shiver," Tyler Jonson said.

Chris Johnson entered the clearing first, with Tyler maybe 10 yards behind. The bear initially charged Tyler’s dad, who yelled at the bear. Then, it veered toward Tyler. The bear tackled him, and as he was falling backward, he was able to unholster his 10-mm pistol. His first shot went into his left quadriceps. The next seven went into the bear. Chris Johnson used his 40-caliber Glock to also shoot the bear. It died, but not before inflicting serious injuries to Tyler’s right leg, as well as scratches on his leg and shoulder

Chris Johnson immediately called for help with an InReach satellite device. The pair administered first aid in the field, applying QuickClot to the wounds and a tourniquet to Tyler’s right leg. He figures it took about an hour and a half for a trooper helicopter to reach them, which took Tyler to Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage. Another helicopter from the Alaska Rescue Coordination Center retrieved Chris Johnson from the field.

Tyler was discharged later Saturday night. He said he’s expected to recover well but is looking out for infection in the meantime. He hopes to make it back to Austin to his family later this week.

“I’m going to miss Alaska. It’s definitely given me a few scars in the past couple months to remind me of her. It’s been a helluva summer," Tyler Johnson said.

We’ll have more from Tyler in Tuesday's KDLL’s Evening Newscast.

Reminds me of the two Irishmen joke.

Two Irishmen went bear hunting.

One got shot by accident.

His friend takes him to hospital.

At the hospital he asks “is he going to be alright, as he was only shot in the leg?”

“He would have been. If you had gutted him!”

“But my hunting instructions said gut as soon as shot??”

A 10mm and a 40 auto

There are a couple of videos of the hunter talking about his adventure. Both have been posted on AR15, "My buddy got attacked by a brown bear." or close to that.

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Authorities say a hunter in Alaska has been hospitalized after being mauled by a brown bear and shot during an effort to fend it off

The effin' bears are packing now?

In defense of being shot by other hunter in these situations, just look at military “ friendly fire accidents” and those are by people who are trained extremely well for shit situations where life is in imminent danger
I think most of us have no idea what we would do and how we would react when this would happen to us
Hell, it happens to pros at times as well
Anyway, hope they are doing well and all in the end ends well

Here is his interview He shot himself as the bear grabbed him. Then put 7 more into the bear killing it.

One at the time one after here the story directly

https://www.youtube.com/watch?...4gYmVhciBhdHRhY2s%3D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?...ZWFyIGF0dGFjaw%3D%3D

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Originally posted by p dog shooter:
Here is his interview He shot himself as the bear grabbed him. Then put 7 more into the bear killing it.

One at the time one after here the story directly

https://www.youtube.com/watch?...4gYmVhciBhdHRhY2s%3D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?...ZWFyIGF0dGFjaw%3D%3D

Thanks for the info pdog
Exactly what I was referring to
Fortunately they killed and didn’t die in process

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Originally posted by 505 gibbs:

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Authorities say a hunter in Alaska has been hospitalized after being mauled by a brown bear and shot during an effort to fend it off

The effin' bears are packing now?

LOL!