Comments on: Calgary Man Killed by Grizzly Bear http://blog.kingsoutdoorworld.com/2007/11/30/calgary-man-killed-by-grizzly-bear/ Behind the Scenes at King's Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:18:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.2 Comment on Calgary Man Killed by Grizzly Bear by: Jayden Gerhardt http://blog.kingsoutdoorworld.com/2007/11/30/calgary-man-killed-by-grizzly-bear/#comment-224896 Mon, 16 Jun 2008 19:21:52 +0000 http://blog.kingsoutdoorworld.com/2007/11/30/calgary-man-killed-by-grizzly-bear/#comment-224896 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.. 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..

]]> Comment on Calgary Man Killed by Grizzly Bear by: ANDREW MATHER http://blog.kingsoutdoorworld.com/2007/11/30/calgary-man-killed-by-grizzly-bear/#comment-221257 Tue, 10 Jun 2008 17:57:43 +0000 http://blog.kingsoutdoorworld.com/2007/11/30/calgary-man-killed-by-grizzly-bear/#comment-221257 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. 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.

]]> Comment on Calgary Man Killed by Grizzly Bear by: ANDREW MATHER http://blog.kingsoutdoorworld.com/2007/11/30/calgary-man-killed-by-grizzly-bear/#comment-221242 Tue, 10 Jun 2008 17:36:58 +0000 http://blog.kingsoutdoorworld.com/2007/11/30/calgary-man-killed-by-grizzly-bear/#comment-221242 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? 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?

]]> Comment on Calgary Man Killed by Grizzly Bear by: Andy G http://blog.kingsoutdoorworld.com/2007/11/30/calgary-man-killed-by-grizzly-bear/#comment-188172 Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:48:51 +0000 http://blog.kingsoutdoorworld.com/2007/11/30/calgary-man-killed-by-grizzly-bear/#comment-188172 Don was out doing what he loved the most. All the best. You'll Never Walk Alone Don was out doing what he loved the most. All the best.
You’ll Never Walk Alone

]]> Comment on Calgary Man Killed by Grizzly Bear by: Scott Lemmon http://blog.kingsoutdoorworld.com/2007/11/30/calgary-man-killed-by-grizzly-bear/#comment-139742 Mon, 21 Jan 2008 23:19:10 +0000 http://blog.kingsoutdoorworld.com/2007/11/30/calgary-man-killed-by-grizzly-bear/#comment-139742 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. 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.

]]> Comment on Calgary Man Killed by Grizzly Bear by: Muddy http://blog.kingsoutdoorworld.com/2007/11/30/calgary-man-killed-by-grizzly-bear/#comment-132765 Fri, 04 Jan 2008 19:12:53 +0000 http://blog.kingsoutdoorworld.com/2007/11/30/calgary-man-killed-by-grizzly-bear/#comment-132765 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. 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.

]]> Comment on Calgary Man Killed by Grizzly Bear by: Kevin http://blog.kingsoutdoorworld.com/2007/11/30/calgary-man-killed-by-grizzly-bear/#comment-130244 Wed, 26 Dec 2007 04:42:11 +0000 http://blog.kingsoutdoorworld.com/2007/11/30/calgary-man-killed-by-grizzly-bear/#comment-130244 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 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

]]> Comment on Calgary Man Killed by Grizzly Bear by: eathon http://blog.kingsoutdoorworld.com/2007/11/30/calgary-man-killed-by-grizzly-bear/#comment-128437 Wed, 19 Dec 2007 01:13:40 +0000 http://blog.kingsoutdoorworld.com/2007/11/30/calgary-man-killed-by-grizzly-bear/#comment-128437 im so sorry for his fammily im so sorry for his fammily

]]> Comment on Calgary Man Killed by Grizzly Bear by: bryan http://blog.kingsoutdoorworld.com/2007/11/30/calgary-man-killed-by-grizzly-bear/#comment-128315 Tue, 18 Dec 2007 17:47:10 +0000 http://blog.kingsoutdoorworld.com/2007/11/30/calgary-man-killed-by-grizzly-bear/#comment-128315 that will make u not want to bear hunt? that will make u not want to bear hunt?

]]> Comment on Calgary Man Killed by Grizzly Bear by: jimmy http://blog.kingsoutdoorworld.com/2007/11/30/calgary-man-killed-by-grizzly-bear/#comment-127049 Wed, 12 Dec 2007 00:11:02 +0000 http://blog.kingsoutdoorworld.com/2007/11/30/calgary-man-killed-by-grizzly-bear/#comment-127049 im only 104 and iv only seen 1 grizzly bear while iv been hunting for 94 years im only 104 and iv only seen 1 grizzly bear while iv been hunting for 94 years

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