Crossbow Versus Bear
BY Herschel Smith
3 years, 4 months ago
On the evening of 22 September 2005, a hunting guide and his hunter, who was from Ohio, were attacked without provocation, by a grizzly bear in the Shoshone National Forest in the northwest corner of Wyoming. The details of the attack were found in a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) response to AmmoLand. This correspondent has not found any other published account of this attack.
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The guide attempted to draw his .44 magnum revolver, but the pistol hung up on the trigger guard. The bear was very close, so the guide dodged behind an eight-inch birch tree, to avoid the bear. The guide estimated he spent 40 seconds dodging the bear around the tree, until the bear grabbed him by the right side, and threw him to the ground.
With the guide on the ground, the bear worried him for a short period, then left him and ran at the hunter, who was armed with a crossbow. At ten yards, the hunter shot the bear in the chest with his bow. At the impact of the bolt, the bear stood up, and started back toward the guide, then lay down.
The hunter shouted to the guide, “She’s dead, I’m all right!” The guide got up and asked where the bear went. The hunter said “She is right next to you, about 6-8 feet away.” The guide determined the bear was still breathing, so he shot her in the back of he head with the .44 magnum.
This is impressive skills at composure under pressure. Still, I’d rather have successfully deployed the .44 magnum handgun.
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On July 29, 2021 at 2:22 am, Nosmo said:
“The guide attempted to draw his .44 magnum revolver, but the pistol hung up on the trigger guard.
I would like to know a lot more about this – what make and model of gun, what holster, how carried, the guide’s level of training (and the degree of accuracy in the reporting).