Mileage Psycho Posted July 2, 2017 Share Posted July 2, 2017 Hats off to the kid! Quote Alaska boy, 11, shoots bear charging fishing party FOX News The quick thinking of a young boy saved a fishing party from a charging brown bear, according to Alaska State Troopers. Elliot Clark, 11, was walking through the woods near Game Creek last week with his three family members and three dogs when the bear came out and charged them, The Juneau Empire reported. The bear ran through two of the men, pushing them to the side of the trail, leaving Elliot and his cousin left in its path, Elliot's father, Lucas, said. "There was four of them in a line. My son was third," Elliot's father said. "The bear came down the trail at them, fella in the front, who was his uncle, the bear was on him so quickly that he didn't have time to take his rifle off his shoulder." The boy then raised his pump action shotgun and shot the bear with birdshot. His father said the first shot did nothing, but two more downed the bear and finishing shots by the boy and his uncle killed it. "That first shot hit him in the shoulder and did absolutely nothing," he said. "The next shot hit him in the nose and traveled down through the neck." Elliot's father said not getting around to putting a sling on his son's gun might have saved their lives, as he was able to quickly ready himself. "He was carrying it in his hands rather than on his shoulder," he said. "That was the problem with the other ones, when the bear came at his uncle, he had his rifle on his shoulder and the bear was very close, so he couldn't get it off in time." The incident was the first Defense of Life or Property killing in the Hoonah area this year, Alaska State Trooper spokeswoman Megan Peters said. http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/alaska-boy-11-shoots-bear-charging-fishing-party/ar-BBDzzx1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Jimmy Snacks Posted July 2, 2017 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted July 2, 2017 Damn good work by the lad....had to be terrifying but he saved the day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XCR1250 Posted July 2, 2017 Share Posted July 2, 2017 Birdshot, holy cow talk about a ticked off Bear, probably shot it in it's eyes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zambroski Posted July 2, 2017 Share Posted July 2, 2017 The bear was "charging" down the traii at them and an 11 year old boy had time to get off three rounds with a pump. Well...glory glory! Nice story. But I bet it happened a bit different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mileage Psycho Posted July 2, 2017 Author Share Posted July 2, 2017 1 hour ago, XCR1250 said: Birdshot, holy cow talk about a ticked off Bear, probably shot it in it's eyes. The nose shot seemed to do the trick. Quote His father said the first shot did nothing, but two more downed the bear and finishing shots by the boy and his uncle killed it. "That first shot hit him in the shoulder and did absolutely nothing," he said. "The next shot hit him in the nose and traveled down through the neck." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Jimmy Snacks Posted July 2, 2017 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted July 2, 2017 Next time either give the lad a rifle or buckshot for the scatter gun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zambroski Posted July 2, 2017 Share Posted July 2, 2017 2 minutes ago, Biggie Smails said: Next time either give the lad a rifle or buckshot for the scatter gun. And let him walk point. Clearly he is the only one with any sense in the group. Bet his BAL was ZERO too. "The bear ran through two of the men, pushing them to the side of the trail"......which was easy because they were at a 2.4 blood alcohol level. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokin george Posted July 2, 2017 Share Posted July 2, 2017 That'll show up with the kid kneeling next to the 1600lb grizzly that had all sorts of human remains in its stomach and full of diff caliber slugs in it. When standing the bear could look in a two storey window etc etc lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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