All accounts agree on that. That makes it unlikely the bear was standing on its hind legs when it was shot. The CCI Standard Velocity generates 102 foot pounds. A large male can stand over 10' tall when on his hind legs, and 5' when on all four legs. She walked up to the bear and fired another six or seven rounds of .22 long into its brain, in the same spot. In October 2001, a hunter legally shot a bear on Hinchinbrook Island off Alaska's southern coast. Brian Park took this number one SCI ranked common grizzly bear by a black powder hunter in August, 2005, while hunting Alaska's Game Management Unit 24. A variation of the _gat cookie set by Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager to allow website owners to track visitor behaviour and measure site performance. Amazing. The __gads cookie, set by Google, is stored under DoubleClick domain and tracks the number of times users see an advert, measures the success of the campaign and calculates its revenue. Bella Twin had her beat up .22 single shot Cooey Ace 1 with her. Certainly, there is more to this story that Roland can fill in and I have the sense there are plenty of other interesting bear stories to contemplate. She has my utmost respect !!!!!!! Bella Twin and her partner Dave Auger were going to make hunting history. You can see the exit hole on the right side. He was working at the time as a Kenyan government hunter culling herds that were over-grazing and rampaging through villages. Grisham: Forest Service is Failing New Mexicans in Decision to Shoot Feral Cows in Gila Wilderness, Armed Self-Defense Chronicles: When a Detroit Doctor Defended Himself and His Family Against a Racist Mob. They would not have gone and challenged the biggest grizzly in North America. The world-record skull was found by a hiker in 1976, and is just 7/16ths of an inch larger. "Analyzing contents of the bear's stomach, the Fish and Wildlife Commission established the bear had killed at least two humans in the past 72 hours, including a hiker missing two days prior. If she had modern .22 LR, she would only have needed to shoot an addition 4 shots for insurance! He lives in Fairbanks, Alaska and has been covering a variety of topics for OL for more than a decade. The skull cant be stretched like the hide, reports Roland, second-generation owner of the North Shore Homestead. Reinhold Eben EbenauRolands fatheracquired the skull and this remains a part of the Eben-Ebenau family museum on the Northshore Homestead Ranch (www.northshorehomestead.com) in Northern Alberta where Roland still raises bison. That poor bear. The bears skull was purchased from Bella Twin by Reinhold Eben-Ebenau. They usually measure 8 ft (2.4 m) in length, usually have a shoulder height of about 4 to 4 1/2ft or 1.22 to 1.37 meters (137 cm), and a hindfoot length of 11 in (28 cm). 13. A hunter knows her anatomy. It was reportedly 12 feet, 6 inches at the shoulder, no less and weighed at least 1,600 pounds. B.C.'s Conservation Officer Service is investigating whether a grizzly bear in B.C.'s Elk Valley was shot and killed by a hunter over the weekend. Grizzly 399 (born 1996) is a grizzly bear inhabiting Grand Teton National Park and Bridger-Teton National Forest.She is followed by as many as 40 wildlife photographers, and millions of tourists come to the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem to see her and the other grizzly bears. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the Vimeo installs this cookie to collect tracking information by setting a unique ID to embed videos to the website. He asked Dave Auger to go into the bush and bring back the skull, says son Roland. And after they quarter you, they go all Pulp Fiction medieval on your ass. October 28, 2019 4796 Save 13 Photographs and an accompanying story of a guy who had just killed a massive world record bear in 2001. Advertisement cookies are used to provide visitors with relevant ads and marketing campaigns. It has a skull score of 21 2/16 inches, and was collected on Alaska's Prince of Wales Island in May, 2005. Although an experienced and successful bowhunter, Debias' dream of taking a grizzly bear with his bow eluded him for many years. We do not know what year the picture was taken. Only a World's Record skull found in 1976 in Alaska was bigger than that of the nearly 9-foot bear shot and killed by Larry Fitzgerald, 35, outside Fairbanks, Alaska. The most plausible: they were hunting small game along a cutline for oil exploration. Bella Twin was a calm, quiet, clear-headed Cree woman with a trap line. Several times I have had to put down large hogs in the 300-400 pound range that were injured. However, you may visit "Cookie Settings" to provide a controlled consent. By clicking Accept All, you consent to the use of ALL the cookies. Somehow, more than I realized at the time, this giant of a grizzly bear had become a part of me. Each piece has great meaning to me. A very neat skull to have, It has been a conversation piece for years! The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary". You can still use itits ok. doubleclick.net - browser supports cookies. he has said the gun is (in his words) in deplorable condition as BellaRead more . So he (Larry Loyie) said it had to have surprised them. My pulse quickened at the realization that I very well might be getting a chance at what I had come to think of as my bear. This cookie, set by Cloudflare, is used to support Cloudflare Bot Management. It had been used hard on her trapline. Several accounts have been offered for what happened. The Rifle used by Bella Twin is a Cooey Ace 1. What actually happened is that in October 2001 a 22-year-old airman from Eielson Air Force Base named Ted Winnen killed a grizzly bear on Hinchinbrook Island. Ill trust the judgement of someone who lived up there and had decades of experience as a hunter and trapper. You can find many more of Larry Loyies books here: http://firstnationswriter.com. I was 15 years old , healthy ,nimble , fast and very lucky . She would have wanted neither the additional velocity nor the additional cost. Roland Eben-Ebenau was kind enough to photograph the grizzly skull from his family's museum collection. A grizzly bear that fatally mauled a Montana man near Yellowstone National Park this spring was likely defending a moose carcass and may have continued to aggressively guard the cache . Damn,she could be in age from a little girl to 67 years old ? From Grizzly Guns by H.V. An estimated 3,500 bears live on Kodiak, which gives it a population density of 0.7 bears per square mile. It always amazes me how an animal so big and powerful can appear and disappear like a ghost. The very idea of shooting grizzly bears with the bow and arrow strikes most people as so absurd that they laugh at the mention of it. Saxton Pope, 1923. That may have happened here. She was probably behind a brush pile from the cut, or a tree. She was probably under five feet tall. MOUNTAIN LION. The worker approached a bear in a black bear snare. Anyone whos come across one knows what Fred Bear meant a half century ago when he said that the thrill of tangling with a grizzly bear cleanses the soul. The measurements are precise and unchanging. This is the case here. I have read of at least two other cases where grizzly bears were killed with .22 rifles. Or nightmares, depending on your perspective. Hard to get more Canadian than that. Yep. The hide has been tanned. She would have had only a fraction of a second to attempt to dispatch the bear before it became aware of their presence and attacked them . and a record to go with it. PRONGHORN ANTELOPE. Fern Spaulding Rivers did shoot a trophy Brown Bear but it was not a world record. By Dean Weingarten Bella Twin is shown with the hide from the world record grizzly bear Arizona - ( Ammoland.com )- On 10 May, 1953, Bella Twin was hunting small game with her partner,. There does not appear to be a butt pad. The only gun they had was Bellas single-shot bolt-action .22 Rimfire rifle. or Dominion High Velocity cartridges. Another version claimed that a park ranger shot the giant bear after it charged him from 50 yards away. At dawn, temperature had been 40 degrees F. On the morning of the 11th it would be 35 degrees F. The high for the 10th was 58 degrees. That record was in place for some time. The bear was very close, only a few yards away. Then we heard the sound of a branch breaking in the distance. It was Dave Auger, her guy. I immediately pulled the trail-cam card. About 1200 fps, I think. The only gun they had was Bellas single-shot bolt-action .22 Rimfire rifle. This is just a bear. Every farmer who raise livestock will inevitably have to put down a large, injured animal. It was a story that myself and all my cousins were told as little kids growing up in Slave Lake. Its an experience that relatively few people on this earth will have and that none who do will ever forget. His dad paid $15 for it. Quantserve sets the mc cookie to anonymously track user behaviour on the website. I also didnt realize how luck I was to be able to get an arrow in him. I have a friend that tells of dropping a bull moose with one shot from a .22 magnum from 100 yrds, right behind the front leg. The holes in the Skull verify that it was a .22. I feel this line of thinking is likely the mentality Bella Twin went with. The bear's skull measured 27 6/16, making it the largest grizzly taken by a hunter ever recorded. Rodney Debias of Windber, Pennsylvania took an Alaskan grizzly bear in 2009 that was officially recognized as the new Pope & Young world record in 2016. He never knew her and visited her once, for he was in an orphanage until he was 12 when he left. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. It is the largest grizzly bear ever recorded in the world. That was near Slave Lake, Alberta, and the bear Twin killed turned out to be a world record that stood for a good long time. The few times Ive seen big grizzlies on a bait in person, they were as spooky as the wariest whitetail; if they smell you, you will never know they were there. It was hit behind the shoulder and just stood and bled out. the story went she calmly put a a 22 LR from a pistol while it was stuck in the window through its ear and it dropped. Ive been charged by a sow with cubs and have had bears huff at me from the brush as I walked to my stand. My father owned a Cooey and, as I recall, his would not take a 22 long rifle. A bear shot on the Kenai just last fall. If it were not for the evidence, this would be hard to believe as true. Aggressive management action over decades focused on keeping bears out of trash, reducing deaths caused by humans, and doing everything possible to keep female bears of reproductive age with cubs . My Uncle Arthur, his Father also named Arthur. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. The forearm is quite short. p. 276, More Bear Tales 67. . The Buffalo waited for him to come down. In my research, it appears that somewhere, there is a picture of the bears skull, showing 8 or 9 holes. I grew up on an Iowa farm. Taking no chances, Bella went up close and fired all of the cartridges she had, seven or eight .22 Longs, into the bears head. The grizzly can now be entered into P&Y Records program because they club now accepts trophies harvested with lighted nocks. I know of 10 other 45 acp grizzy DLP kills. Your email address will not be published. The rifle and the Grizzlies hide are both currently in storage at the Royal Alberta Museum in Edmonton (as of current date March 2017) Before that they where in long term storage at the Reynolds Alberta Museum. Kodiak bears are the largest bears in the world. It was Bella Twins.. management. I'm glad it killed the bear, however, That had to be a very sick feeling to realize that your life depended on a single shot 22, long at that! These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously. This story has been one of the most enjoyable research projects I have engaged in my whole life. They were walking a cutline that had been made for oil exploration when they saw a large grizzly following the same survey line toward them. The skull from the author's giant interior grizzly. Voss got off two shots with his .270 that proved fatal to the bear, but the grizzly bit Voss about the head - they usually go for the head - and killed him. It's still a really interesting story. Theyll gut you, quarter you and the coyotes are the only ones that will ever see you again. . This lady is my grandmothers sister and I can assure you this story is true. Ready for an Eco-River Adventure? Subscribe to OL+ for our best feature stories and photography. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance". Learning about bears can help you avoid a confrontation. The skull, used as a measurement, is housed in a small museum on the Eben-Ebenau homestead. The bear dropped dead, but because Twin knew what she was up againstput seven more rounds into the bear skullseven insurance shots. The pattern element in the name contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to. A .22 for a hog is O.K. Youtube - Track the views of embedded videos. It is the second largest grizzly bear ever documented behind one that an Alaska taxidermist found in 1976, which had a skull that measured less than an inch bigger. Tex, Was it necessary to shoot the bear? Let's take a little trip back in firearms history to 1953. 170. With air guns, pellets or cast slugs its about precision. Ive observed that grizzlies behave completely differently around bait than black bears do. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Future records should include sex, date killed, location taken, hunter name, and observer names for the scale weight. Yes! The two bodies were found side by side. But her bear wasnt the first giant grizzly to put the town of Slave Lake on the map. The Cooey Ace 1 is 33 inches long. According to the orgnaization, a Special Panel of Judges in Harrisburg,. That bear was killed by Rodney Debias near Unalakleet, Alaska and earned an initial entry score of 27 and 3/16, a full inch larger than the current record, which is held by OutdoorHub. It was cool, cloudy, and windy. My money is on it being a Cooeygood ol Canadian classic. And I had a large boar walk to within 3 feet of my rifle muzzle. A large hungry grizzly is not to be played with a .22lr. Larry wrote: Without warning, a giant grizzly reared up before them on the trail. The bear roared at him at some point, and he popped it through the roof of the mouth into the brain and killed it. Bella Twin killed that World Record Grizzly Bear in 1953 using 22 Long (not Long Rifle) cartridges. This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. This is entirely believable on a day with strong winds. Performance cookies are used to understand and analyze the key performance indexes of the website which helps in delivering a better user experience for the visitors. "He had a pistol. I could not forget this bear. Author's NoteS: I used a 70-lb. A trapper neither needed nor wanted the extra velocity of the Long Rife rimfire rounds for two reasons: undamaged pelts bring a premium dollar, and .22 Long Rife rounds were more expensivejust speculating here. It did not qualify for Pope and Young because Debias used a Lumenok on his arrow. This anonymous data helps us to better understand users' needs and customize the website accordingly. Some people mistakenly assume that hunting grizzlies over bait is easy, or even cheating. One study found that the average weight for a coastal male was around 408 kg (899 lb), and . 65. Amazing story. The huge grizzly was a world record in 1953. Think about this. Subscribe to OL+ for our best feature stories and photography. It moved on to the Reynolds Museum in Wetaskiwin, opened in 1955 by Stanley Reynolds. The day was close to 16 hours long at Slave Lake on 10 May, 1953. The current World's Record grizzly bear is 26 3/16, taken in Unalakleet, Alaska in 2004 by Dennis Dunn. It was all a blur, but I watched my arrow bury itself up to the vanes behind his shoulder, pushing the Grizzly single-bevel broadhead out in front of the opposite shoulder. I now am into powerful high end air guns. One charged him and he turned around to get his rifle from his trusty gun bearer only to find that the gun bearer was gone. Dave Auger appears to have been unarmed. Either this little girl or old lady sure got lucky (assuming this story is even true) shooting this huge ass bear dead with a 22,which I doubt. This was his Mother. Its been a while but I think Bella shot this bear with aRead more , Indeed a Cooey 22 which is held by the Royal Alberta Museum, bedded in a piece of bike tire and attached to the stock with hockey tape, the museum has the hide of the bear as well, neither are on regular display. Though I WILL be protecting myself from animals. I believe the bear was on all fours when it was shot. That grizzly managed to singlehandely steal an Elk carcass from an entire wolf pack. It was a shot to the big arteries out of the heart. Even on a buff, the eyes are vulnerable to a .22. Animals will often stop and sniff to try to identify a scent. You may be hardcore, but youll never be 63-year-old grandma with a .22 Cooey hardcore. I think that might be the new world record, I said, realizing that he seemed nearly as big as my peninsula brown bear. Bella Twin is show with the world record grizzly she killed with her single shot .22 rifle. Dont know what gun this little girl or old lady is holding but it aint a Stevens ! Well I was expecting The Bella Twins from WWE , theyre hawt ! It wouldnt be the first choice for hunting large game, but nevertheless the lowly .22 can be seriously deadly in the hands of a moderately good shot. The largest taken by a hunter, a. This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. Which only goes to show that in an emergency, strange things are possible, but who wants that kind of emergency? Twin was carrying her battered single-shot .22 when the two were approached by a gigantic grizzly. Voss got off two shots with his .270 that proved fatal to the bear, but the grizzly bit Voss about the head they usually go for the head and killed him. Every time the Buffalo went by, he put a 22 into it. Back in 1965, the world-record grizzly fell to one .30/30 bullet fired by Jack Turner. Nineteen years later, I have yet to top him. He weighed close to 1,089 kg (2,400 lb) one year before his death. The hunter climbed a nearby tree. In 1985, a fine 27-incher (total skull measurement) fell to a .270 in the hands of Roger Pentecost of Peachland, BC. I suspect that she was tracking the bear in her sights. He enjoys sharing common sense tips for anyone to survive an urban or wilderness emergency, or natural disaster. The Stephens .22 was definitively short in the forearm. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. You know how stories get told, and then somebody hears that story, and they tell it again, and it moves a little bit, told again and moves some more.. MULE DEER NON-TYPICAL. "the big brown bear came lolloping over the mountain", FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson. A cookie set by YouTube to measure bandwidth that determines whether the user gets the new or old player interface. He says, just because you only have [place name of perceived under gun here], doesnt mean you necessarily have to curl up and die. Any opportunity to bring out the facts as Larry saw them is important because there were a lot of myths about how the incidents happened. Americas oldest Second Amendment News outlet. Twin wasnt some trigger-happy loon with no forest experience. We used to see only black bears, but in 2011, I had pictures of more than 15 different grizzlies on my trail cameras. Larry Loyie was a well-published writer. His huge front paws were raised high. Other uncategorized cookies are those that are being analyzed and have not been classified into a category as yet. The genetics are still on the landscape, and the bears have not been pursued by hunters since the close of the 2005 season. Maybe NOT, POF 5PK MP5 The Budget Reverse-Stretch Semi Auto from Pakistan, Ammo InStock: PMC Bronze 223 Rem 55 Grain FMJ Ammo 1000 Rounds $397.00 FREE S&H, Survival Deal: Thyrosafe Potassium Radioactive Iodide Tablets $21.95 FREE S&H, Gun Deals: Beretta A300 Ultima Patrol 12 Gauge Shotgun $949.00 FREE S&H, Brownells Coupon Codes www.brownells.com Updated Monthly. I told myself, Youve got to calm down, Tyler. The grizzly towered over them, grunting and snorting. Bear killed the brown with a recurve and cedar arrows tipped with his signature broadheads. If the bear had stood up near her, its head would have been nine feet in the air. At the time, it was reported that an airman hunting on Hitchcock Island killed the giant bear. A 417lb grizzly bear dragged a California woman out of her tent and killed her near Ovando, Montana, last summer in a "predatory attack", wildlife authorities reported. But that women sure got big Balls. This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. Processing an enormous bear is a lot of work, even for experienced hunters and trappers. And the second thing was that people said it wasn't her that shot the bear. I knew that at any moment, the grizzly would jump up and charge after the approaching black bear, and I might not see him again. This was the only bear Id ever killed that actually got bigger when I walked up to him. Make sure to. Reinhold, a well-known hunting guide, learned that he had shot the biggest grizzly in North America. We use cookies on our website to give you the most relevant experience by remembering your preferences and repeat visits. These cookies help provide information on metrics the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc. And that's what Larry's words were like, hell, no question about it. I cant remember where i heard of this; perhaps somewhere on the Alaska Highway many years ago, but twas an old native woman (would be Bella) was in a Hudsons Bay Outpost when the bear came in for food. This one is priceless, because of its provenance. YouTube - Store data on what videos from YouTube the user has seen. I believe the rifle to be a cooey ace and for the doubters I use 22lr at the slaughter house each week to dispatch evrything from lamb to old 2500 lb beef bulls all one shot. The Safari Club International Record Book I have. Greatest Weights (in pounds) for Montana Big Game . Bella Twin was a strong and competent woman, despite her tiny size. My education on the ease of grizzly baiting involved night after night of sitting in a stand, waiting for bears my trail cams told me were in the neighborhood but that never showed up. The huge grizzly was a world record in 1953. The bear's skull measured 27 6/16, making it the largest grizzly taken by a hunter ever recorded. The long would have fired a 29 grain bullet at 1240 feet per second. If I ever find anymore longs Ill put it in as my new self defense weapon. On that fascinating subject, Ive been amassing information for some 40 years of living as a teacher, fruit grower and hunter in that bear paradise, British Columbia, where stories of encounters with grizzlies and brown bears are enjoyed where ever sportsmen gather and are often headlined in newspapers and television newscasts. In the right hands the little cartridge can be deadly. Also the first gun I shot ! A hunter in Alaska has been credited with killing a record grizzly bear, according to Boone and Crockett Club officials. "At some point, a bear had dragged him down to the river," Lt. Cmdr. His older brothers name was Samuel. I met up with my cousin Clint that afternoon, and we headed back out. Lawrence knew from the elders that this was a bad sign. We do not know what year the picture was taken. A recent one ended with both man and bear dead. They saw a large grizzly walking the cutline toward them. In her short rifle, it must have barely been much faster than Subsonic. Published May 2, 2022 4:00 PM EDT. posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its Cant imagine that choice of need to shoot or not and ones survival counted on it. The bear dropped like a rock. But opting out of some of these cookies may affect your browsing experience. They said the couple saw the bear coming along the cutline and waited until it was close enough to shoot it.. This is no reflection on the .270. The post says the bear that was shot is the "largest grizzly bear ever recorded in the world" at over 1,600 lbs and standing at "12' 6' high at the shoulder, 14' to the top . The world's record Alaska brown bear ( Ursos arctos middendorffi) scored 30 12/16 and . Posted: 1/5/2018 11:03:51 PM EST. He told the story to illustrate that the 22 we were shooting with was not a toy and could be as lethal. The oldest known wild Kodiak bear was a 34-year-old sow. He waited until the bull grazed to within 75 yards or less and dropped the 1 ton bull with one well placed shot to the brain. A Franco-Canadian man died after being attacked by a grizzly bear in a remote area of Canada last week, police announced on Monday. I quickly found out that this was anything but true. Shortly before, homesteader Reinhold Eben-Ebenau also shot a giant grizzly. YSC cookie is set by Youtube and is used to track the views of embedded videos on Youtube pages. A possible fatality supposedly occurred in 1907 when a man was attacked by a female grizzly bear after he prodded her cub with an umbrella. /S. There may well be great bears in Albertas hunting future if we can muster the courage to do the right thing. The big grizzly dropped, kicked and then lay still. YouTube - Store data on what videos from YouTube the user has seen - 2. She has a very solid grip as if Shannon Watts is off camera ready to snatch it from her hands. Id think that a .22 would just glance off their skull. I'm also pretty sure the record brown bear fell to a 30/06.I guess these folks were not scared of bears like many internet posters.. We looked at each other, then another branch broke. Over the past several years, the area where my hunting buddies and I bait black bears has become overrun with grizzlies. Google DoubleClick IDE cookies are used to store information about how the user uses the website to present them with relevant ads and according to the user profile. She wouldnt wait around to challenge a huge bear.. On March 8, a female elephant, aged between seven and 10 years old, was found dead near a creek in Kaeng Krachan National Park, Thailand. Who could blame her?. It was used to scale the estimate. It took me many years to realize that Ill likely never see an interior Alaska black bear to match it. It was taken in Unalakleet, Alaska in 2004 by Dennis Dunn. May 10, 1957, she killed a massive grizzly bear with her Cooey Ace #1 .22. The .22 caliber rimfire cartridge is the classic beginner round. At that very moment, I began to understand Bella Twins amazing story. Out of these, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. She made a rug out of a thousand pound bear with the longs. YouTube sets this cookie via embedded youtube-videos and registers anonymous statistical data. You may have heard a story of a little 9-year old girl that shot a World Record Alaskan Brown Bear (Grizzly Bear). There was no wind, and the bear was oblivious to our presence. I carry a small 22 in my pocket all the time. I wore clothing from Sitka Gear and carried a Stone . He taught the Arizona concealed carry course for fifteen years until the goal of constitutional carry was attained. 145. To finally be able to encounter and possess him was an indescribable feeling. Lucky for her, her tactics worked. I remember the story about a girl berry hunting and shooting it in the ear.I can see a shot like that working. It made him angry when he heard that some people said her companion, Dave Auger, had shot the bear. Functional cookies help to perform certain functionalities like sharing the content of the website on social media platforms, collect feedbacks, and other third-party features. Dean Weingarten has been a peace officer, a military officer, was on the University of Wisconsin Pistol Team for four years, and was first certified to teach firearms safety in 1973. The recently resurrected debate over Bella Twin, the woman who was reported to have taken down a grizzly with nothing but a .22 rifle. In fact, a .22 LRbullet is easily capable of killing or injuring humans. I had undoubtedly taken one of the largest interior grizzly bears in the world, ironically, with my Bears Paw recurve and Grizzly broadheads. why couldnt she just scare it off or gently wound it, asked the Liberal snowflake. ALl I know is lots of people have been killed by .22s.
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