Let Alaskans Manage Alaskan Wildlife

By Duncan Johnson

Alaska –-(Ammoland.com)- An Alaska man says he feels lucky to be alive after coming face-to-face with a brown bear and surviving its terrifying attack.

Kenny Steck, his wife Hannah and six family members were hiking in Southeastern Alaska May 13 when he encountered the predator while filling up water bottles. Steck, an experienced outdoorsman, had left his bear repellent back at camp. The massive animal then came charging at him.

“It was a feeling of complete hopelessness and helplessness, really. I felt like I couldn’t do anything to make it stop or make the outcome change,” he told ABC News today.

Kenny Steck’s story is unfortunately all too common in Alaska, and many of these stories don’t end in a survivor’s tale.

Interactions between predators and humans are a way of life in Alaska. Larger in number, but often unseen by humans, are the daily interactions between predators and prey.

Ecosystems demand balance and the more man tries to manage …Read the Rest

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