Bear Attacks Three Men, Should Have Been a Defensive Gun Use

By Dean Weingarten

Arizona -(Ammoland.com)- On 19 December, 2017, a bear attacked a dog and her master in Northern Minnesota. The attacks occurred at McDougal Lake a little after 10 a.m.

The unusual bear attack, in midwinter Minnesota, would have been a perfect reason to use a defensive firearm.

Instead, the unarmed dog owner went hand to hand with the bear, and was bitten on the abdomen.

From twincities.com:

ISABELLA, Minn. — Seeing his dog pinned to the ground in a black bear’s jaw, William Vagts ran to the bear, threw his arms around its neck and tried to pull the bear backward. “I didn’t even think. I just reacted. … I just held him for just a few seconds, which is a long time to hold a bear by the neck,” Vagts, 68, said as he knelt in the snow and circled his arms to re-enact what took place in his front yard on Tuesday morning. Letting go of Vagts’ 2-year-old corgi Darla, the bear turned around to bite Vagts in the abdomen before fleeing from the yard. The entire encounter with the bear was over in a minute, …Read the Rest

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