Posted November 13, 2017 1:25 pm by Comments

By Dean Weingarten

Dean Weingarten

By Dean Weingarten

MT: Pheasant Hunter Kills Charging Grizzly with 12 Gauge

Arizona -(Ammoland.com)- 11 year old Elliot Clark killed this charging grizzly with a shotgun in Alaska in July of 2017. He used a 12 gauge shotgun.

The first shot was ineffective, with bird shot. The second shot was a perfectly placed slug in middle of the nose. The third shot was to the shoulder. It is likely both would have been fatal. There were powder burns on the bears mouth from the third shot. The fourth shot was an insurance shot after the bear was down.

In Montana, a few days ago, in early November, 2017, a 60-year-old pheasant hunter shot and killed a charging grizzly bear, mortally wounding it. He used a 12 gauge shotgun.
While details of the story are a little muddy, one account says he shot in air, then shot the bear in the chest, as it ran at him. The final shot was said to be in the bear’s face.

PENDROY – A bird hunter shot and killed a grizzly bear five miles east of Pendroy Saturday. Pendroy is about 80 miles northwest of Great Falls.

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Source:: AmmoLand

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