Just got this on my work email. Thought I would share.


My friend Steve Thompson and I were duck hunting on Saturday
(10/08/11) in Portage Valley (Alaska) and we were attacked by a brown
bear. We are both OK but we killed the brown bear within 10 feet of
our duck boat blind. This is one of those stories where you are just
glad to be alive to tell it. I have lived and worked in Alaska for
over 25 years and been around bears but never thought I would
encounter one in my blind while duck hunting. I have provided a brief
description of what happened below.

We had a small bull moose run about 10 feet behind our duck boat
blind. About 30 seconds later, we heard some grass rustling and
thought it was another moose, but then we see a brown bear following
the trail of the moose. When the bear gets about 20 feet from our
blind he looks up and sees us and heads right toward the front of the
blind where I am sitting. I fired 3 rounds (3" #4 steel shot) into the
bear at point blank range. My friend says I fired my last round when
the bear was 2 feet away. He goes on to say that my head and the bears
head were 2 feet apart at one point. After firing my third round, I
dove away from the bear and out of the blind and my friend Steve fires
3 rounds (3.5" #4 steel shot) into his head that sends the bear to the
front of the boat on the ground about 10 feet away. Steve reloads as
the bear is doing the death spin. He puts 3 more rounds into the bear.
I get up, reload, and fire 3 more rounds into the bear. The bear isn't
moving at this point in time.

Neither of us was hurt (not a scratch). We were just scared shitless.
We had 2 dogs with us. The older dog (Mynx) was out of the blind with
hackles up about 20 feet away from the bear. The young (5 months) dog
(Lulu) was hidden under one of the chairs in the boat, She was shaking
and wouldn't come out for awhile. On a side note, we got one duck (a
gadwall).

I have attached a few photos. You will see our boat blind is
destroyed. That was from me diving out one side of the blind and the
bear coming in the other. There is also a picture of blood on the
blind to show how close the bear was when he got shot. We think the
bear was a 7+ foot brown bear.

As a department employee, I thought I should send this to some select
staff and the staff I work with. I did complete a defense of life and
property report and turned in the completed report and the skinned
bear to ADF&G staff here in Anchorage.

Regards,

Tim
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Tim Baker
FIshery Research Biologist
Bristol Bay Salmon Program
ADF&G-Commercial Fisheries
Phone: (907) 267-2240
Email: tim.baker@alaska.gov

few more pics that were on the email.

Man, Alaska is BADASS.

I was just thinking the same thing......WOW, i wanna go there

Wow!

he should have shot it a few more times for good measures

Glad yall made it!

I spent two weeks in Alaska fishing for Halibut and King Salmon then driving all over the place including the 'Alaskan Highway'. It was an awesome experience I can tell you that!! If I could find a woman that would move there with me and live out in the middle of nowhere I do it!

theres no way in hell i would wanna go, and i only thought having a bob cat jump on you in the bushes while turkey hunting was horrible, but a damn bear, OHH NO.......NO...

I'll take my chances with cottonmouths and alligators.

Thats my dream trip -- Alaska for a month, Hunting and Traveling

I'd love to take an Alaskan cruise one day but don't really care anthing about hunting there. Canada is my dream hunting trip.

Whow, Dude.
I hunt that valley and the thought is alwayes in the back of my mind. Lots of bears and real thick stuff. All I can say is I am glad your OK. Thanks for sharing your Wild Alaska Adventure. Duckdon

Too cold and no crawfish. I'll stay right here thank you

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