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• 1. Mantaar » Calgary M&hellip  |  November 30th, 2007 at 3:58 pm

  […] Check it out! While looking through the blogosphere we stumbled on an interesting post today.Here’s a quick excerpt Breaking News: A 51 year old hunter from Calgary was found dead two days ago. He was attacked and killed by a grizzly bear. He was out hunting and found dead just 200 meters from his vehicle. Don Peters, an avid hunter, was hunting near Sundry, Alberta when apparently he crossed a grizzly bear. Authorities are thinking that he was trying to make it back to his truck. They discovered that one shot from his rifle had been discharged and that he went down fighting. Don had a tree stand in the a […]

• 2. Andrew Rowe  |  November 30th, 2007 at 7:56 pm

  Don Was a a great guy, loved the oudoors and will me missed by many, take care Don , andrew,your hunting friend

• 3. Monique Rowe  |  November 30th, 2007 at 8:07 pm

  You will always be remembered in our hearts Don. The short time we had to get to know you was all we needed to know how great of a person you are.
  Rest in Peace my friend….

• 4. Roy Harding  |  December 1st, 2007 at 11:13 am

  I love to hunt, but it can be dangerous. At least he left this world doing something he loved.

• 5. Larry  |  December 1st, 2007 at 8:46 pm

  My Prayers and thoughts go out to his family.

• 6. nick lewman  |  December 2nd, 2007 at 8:16 am

  sorry to hear about this tradgic accident im only 12 and ive hunted quite alot but have never seen a bear in the woods and i really dont want to i have seen a lot of coyotes and deer but nothing so visious so i send my sorryness.

• 7. Andrew R  |  December 4th, 2007 at 8:32 pm

  i was Hunting up in sundre on the friday of this tragic weekend. by my self. and could not believe what i heard that a Grizzly was out and about at this time of year.
  my Feeleings go out to the Family.

• 8. RICK CLARK  |  December 5th, 2007 at 1:53 pm

  I’M A 52 YR. OLD HUNTER, I’M FROM MARENGO, OHIO. JUST WANTED TO SAY,I DIDDNT KNOW HIM, BUT I FEEL YOUR LOST. YOU HAVE MY DEEPEST SYMPATHY, AND I KNOW GOD IS WITH YOU IN YOUR TIME OF NEED. GOD BLESS

• 9. Scott Dawson  |  December 6th, 2007 at 8:51 am

  The family and friends are in our prayers. I’m surprised to hear a griz out this time of the year? Wonder if its sick or was desturbed some how? At least he died doing what he loved & he went down fighting! I hope his bullet found its mark! God bless

• 10. jimmy  |  December 11th, 2007 at 6:11 pm

  im only 104 and iv only seen 1 grizzly bear while iv been hunting for 94 years

• 11. bryan  |  December 18th, 2007 at 11:47 am

  that will make u not want to bear hunt?

• 12. eathon  |  December 18th, 2007 at 7:13 pm

  im so sorry for his fammily

• 13. Kevin  |  December 25th, 2007 at 10:42 pm

  i would like to send my condolences to his family i to spend a lot of time in the bush of Alberta and have had some close call while out there but as a hunter i know the love for the wild areas hold a special place in a outdoors mans heart and it’s always a sad thing to hear about a departed kindered spirit

• 14. Muddy  |  January 4th, 2008 at 1:12 pm

  I have been hunting for 25+ years and have seen many bears, mostly black bears. Most of these bears I heard before I saw them, even some which were over 100 yards away. I have seen 2 grizzly’s, one in very close proximity, which I can assure you was not my desire.

  The one encounter occurred this year (07) in the Scapegoat Wilderness of Montana. The grizzly basically ‘just appeared’ and made very little to no noise it’s approach. It showed up in our camp with us present (approximatley 20 yds from our tent while I was standing in front of the tent). His gait was noticibly different than that of a balck bear and it was obvious by his body language he had no fear of me. Fortunately he decided to go his way, though he came back to visit us 4 times before the night was over. We left the area the following morning. It is truely amazing how such a large animal can move through the dense timber so quietly. I am sure this was the case with Don. May he rest in piece and God Bless his family.

• 15. Scott Lemmon  |  January 21st, 2008 at 5:19 pm

  It is truly tragic when a person dies from doing something they enjoy so much. My condolences and prayers go out to his family and friends.

• 16. Andy G  |  April 24th, 2008 at 8:48 am

  Don was out doing what he loved the most. All the best.
  You’ll Never Walk Alone

• 17. ANDREW MATHER  |  June 10th, 2008 at 11:36 am

  Someone needs to find out where the fish and wildlife recently moved bears out of more then likely banff and got this guy killed. There is no way this bear should of been in this area and killing and eating a human being. Something stinks about this incident. I am betting they moved a bear late in the season to a new area and this bear not knowing the area was starving to death and on its way back to where ever it was moved from stumbled into this unfortunate hunter. Instead of killing problem bears they move them to other areas where the bear has no idea where it can get food. They used to move them into the chain lakes area seems sundre might be there new dumping ground? Why has there been no investigation?

• 18. ANDREW MATHER  |  June 10th, 2008 at 11:57 am

  Couple of things that really bother me about this sad story. Unless this guy stumbled onto a sleeping bears den which none was reportedly found. The guy was particailly eatten. So bear is out late in season. Human usually doesnt make the bears usual food source. Grizzlies on a whole dont eat human. Unless they are starving. Grizzly attacks on most humans happen by accident where bear is protecting its young or is surprised. These usually dont involve consumption. Black bear is differant it will use human as a food source once it gets big enough to do so(usually around 400lbs +). That is why they tell you fight a black bear and play dead for a grizzly. This bear out late in the season was heading home. It was starving and had no idea where to den. A grizzly requires a huge amount of forest to sustain itself. It learns a vast amount of where to find food from its mother. You CAN NOT take a bear from its home range and expect it to just pick up and find another source of food. It would be like taking a city slicker armed with a credit card and put them into the middle of Alaska and think they would be all right. This bear was lost starving and far from home being moved way too late in the season. Someone made a terrible decission to move this bear and got this hunter killed. I will bet fish and wild life have a pretty good idea what bear was involved in this incident. If you simply connect the dots from where they dropped this bear to where Don Peters was killed to the home range it was heading back too. Then too whom ever made the decision to have this bear moved. This issue could be solved and perhaps another tragedy could be avoided.

• 19. Jayden Gerhardt  |  June 16th, 2008 at 1:21 pm

  i can’t believe something like that happened at that time of year. This is my 2nd year hunting and i have only seen a cougar and a brown bear walk underneath my stand. i live right by a coulee so these kinds of sightings are normal for me.

  i deeply for sorrow for his family..

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