This may be old news to some of you but check these pictures out.
http://www.hunttalk.com/forums/atta...ment.php?attachmentid=3087&stc=1&d=1145426816
The downloaded pictures are of a man who works for the US Forest
>Service in Alaska and his trophy bear (killed in self defense).
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> He was out deer hunting last week when a large grizzly bear charged
>him from about 50 yards away. The guy emptied his 7mm Magnum
>semi-automatic rifle into the bear and it dropped a few feet from him. The
>big bear was still alive so he reloaded and shot it several times in the
>head.
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> The bear was just over one thousand six hundred pounds. It stood
>12' 6" high at the shoulder, 14' to the top of his head. It's the largest
>grizzly bear ever recorded in the world.
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> Of course, the Alaska Fish and Wildlife Commission did not let him
>keep it as a trophy, but the bear will be stuffed and mounted, and placed
>on display at the Anchorage airport to remind tourists of the risks
>involved when in the wild.
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> Based on the contents of the bears stomach, the Fish and Wildlife
>Commission established the bear had killed at least two humans in the past
>72 hours including a missing hiker.
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> The US Forest Service, backtracking from where the bear had
>originated, found the hiker's 38-caliber pistol emptied. Not far from the
>pistol were the remains of the hiker. The other body has not been found.
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> Although the hiker fired six shots and managed to hit the grizzly
>with four shots (the Service ultimately found four 38 caliber slugs along
>with twelve 7mm slugs inside the bear's dead body), it only wounded the
>bear and probably angered it immensely.
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> The bear killed the hiker an estimated two days prior to the bear's
>own death by the gun of the Forest Service worker.
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> Think about this:
> If you are an average size man; You would be level with the bear's
>navel when he stood upright. The bear would look you in the eye when it
>walked on all fours! To give additional perspective, consider that this
>particular bear, standing on its hind legs, could walk up to an average
>single story house and look over the roof, or walk up to a two story house
>and look in the bedroom windows.
http://www.hunttalk.com/forums/atta...ment.php?attachmentid=3087&stc=1&d=1145426816
The downloaded pictures are of a man who works for the US Forest
>Service in Alaska and his trophy bear (killed in self defense).
>
>
>
>
> He was out deer hunting last week when a large grizzly bear charged
>him from about 50 yards away. The guy emptied his 7mm Magnum
>semi-automatic rifle into the bear and it dropped a few feet from him. The
>big bear was still alive so he reloaded and shot it several times in the
>head.
>
> The bear was just over one thousand six hundred pounds. It stood
>12' 6" high at the shoulder, 14' to the top of his head. It's the largest
>grizzly bear ever recorded in the world.
>
> Of course, the Alaska Fish and Wildlife Commission did not let him
>keep it as a trophy, but the bear will be stuffed and mounted, and placed
>on display at the Anchorage airport to remind tourists of the risks
>involved when in the wild.
>
> Based on the contents of the bears stomach, the Fish and Wildlife
>Commission established the bear had killed at least two humans in the past
>72 hours including a missing hiker.
>
> The US Forest Service, backtracking from where the bear had
>originated, found the hiker's 38-caliber pistol emptied. Not far from the
>pistol were the remains of the hiker. The other body has not been found.
>
> Although the hiker fired six shots and managed to hit the grizzly
>with four shots (the Service ultimately found four 38 caliber slugs along
>with twelve 7mm slugs inside the bear's dead body), it only wounded the
>bear and probably angered it immensely.
>
> The bear killed the hiker an estimated two days prior to the bear's
>own death by the gun of the Forest Service worker.
>
> Think about this:
> If you are an average size man; You would be level with the bear's
>navel when he stood upright. The bear would look you in the eye when it
>walked on all fours! To give additional perspective, consider that this
>particular bear, standing on its hind legs, could walk up to an average
>single story house and look over the roof, or walk up to a two story house
>and look in the bedroom windows.
