For those gearing up for deer season, you may take interest in this story and photos. Really amazing!
> I'd suggest reading the article before opening the pics!


ALASKA BEAR
These pictures are of a man who works for the US Forest Service in Alaska,
and his trophy bear.

He was deer hunting last week when the large grizzly charged him from about
50 yard s 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 the hunter 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 is the largest grizzly
bear ever recorded in the world.

The Alaska Fish and Wildlife Commission did not let him keep it as a trophy,
of course; but the bear will be stuffed and mounted, and placed on display
at the Anchorage airport to remind tourists of the risks involved in the
wild.

Analyzing 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 hiker missing two days prior to the bear's own death.

Backtracking from where the bear had originated, the US Forest Service found
the hiker's emptied 38-caliber pistol. Not far from the pistol was 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
(that the Service ultimately retrieved, along with twelve 7mm slugs, inside
the bear's body), it only wounded the bear and probably angered it
immensely.

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, this bear, standing on its hind
legs, could walk up to an average single story house and look over the roof;
or stand aside a two story house and look in the upper bedroom window.

:err: Those paws are as wide as the ranger.

from snopes.com (just do a search for "snopes alaska bear")

* Ted Winnen, who shot the bear, was an airman with the U.S. Air Force, not a Forest Service employee.

* The bear was large, but not a "world record 12 feet 6 inches high at the shoulder" and weighing "over one thousand six hundred pounds." The ursine bagged by Mr. Winnen measured 10 feet, 6 inches from nose to tail and its weight was estimated at between 1,000 to 1,200 pounds — an extraordinarily large bear for the Prince William Sound area (about double the average size), but not a world record.

* The bear was coming towards Winnen and his hunting partner from about 10 yards away, but nobody knows for sure whether it was "charging them." According to the two hunters, the bear may not even have been aware of their presence.

* Winnen bagged the bear with a .338-caliber Winchester Magnum, not a "7mm Mag Semi-auto."

* The bear shot by Ted Winnen was not known to have killed any humans.

The beauty of what a good camera angle can do for you.

http://graphics1.snopes.com/photos/animals/graphics/bearhunt4.jpg

That was not last week....I have those pictures saved from almost a year ago a buddy sent me......regardless that is a monster friggin animal.....unbelievable to say the least! :rocketem:

i kind of wish the bear had won... :(