Robert Miller was on a job in the remote Alaska wilderness when a grizzly bear suddenly emerged from the brush just yards away. So Miller did what he was trained to do--he fell to the ground, clasped his hands around his neck to protect it and played dead. The bear wandered away and...
A hunter was killed by a grizzly bear in a national park in Alaska over the weekend, the National Park Service said Tuesday. The attack marked the first known fatal bear mauling in the Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve since it was established in 1980. The National Park ...
Earlier this month, a Michigan man who was visiting Alaska wasmauled by a grizzly bear. Although he suffered "serious puncture wounds," 33-year-old Nicholas Kuperus stopped the attack using bear spray. Kuperus was also hunting at the time of the attack, which happened about 60 miles north o...
Our guides were equipped with rifles and pistols with live ammunition, ready just in case these massive animals decided to attack. Even before we landed at the remote area, from the air we could see a brown bear chasing after salmon in a stream below us. After we landed in the middle ...
a bear may react aggressively in the form of a bluff charge, bodily contact, or even an outright attack. If you spot a bear and the bear is unaware of you, detour quickly and quietly away. If spotted by a bear, try to get its attention while it is a good distance away. Help the...
“The cubs were out in front of mom and I was interested in them,” he said in an interview withInside Edition. “My biggest fear was that they would get close to me and mama bear thought I was a threat and would attack me.” ...
Ethical hunting is essential in this day, when our hunting rights are under constant attack by the Media, Hollywood, and the Anti-Hunting Lobby. Because few of us if any, hunt for survival, (In Alaska, that is called subsistence hunting) we need to be all the more diligent in our ...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A Michigan man suffered serious puncture wounds to his arms during a bear mauling in Alaska, but he was able to stop the attack using pepper spray on the grizzly, officials said Wednesday.
30s. Alaska became a significant military outpost duringWorld War IIas a base from which to attack the Japanese, who had invaded parts of the Aleutian island chain, and to provide military assistance, primarily combat aircraft, toRussia. After World War II, population growth was related to the...
There’s also an emotional favorite: a spring cub of Grazer, last year’s Fat Bear champ. The cub’s sibling died this summer after it slipped over a small waterfall on the Brooks River and was killed by a dominant adult male known as Chunk, or Bear 32 — an attack captured on the...