Russian Workers & Dog Mauled By Mother Bear

FunkPumpkin · #1 ● 08-04-2014, 11:13 AM

Sorry, no gore or aftermath in this video. But it might put a little extra pucker in your pants.

Worker on Sakhalin filmed his death

Five workers engaged in repair of the bridge in a remote part of the island, when they saw a young bear. One of the workers happily recorded the cub in the video.

The bear cub was trying to get rid of the dog that guarded the workers. After that, a second cub arrived next to the first. The men did not realize that right behind the second cub was the mother bear. The men did not take any security measures upon arrival of the mature bear. After a pause, the mother bear charged the workers and their dog.

As a result, three workers and the dog were literally torn to pieces, and two other men were hospitalized in serious condition. The video ends as the worker filming tries to escape the charging mother. The original poster of the video on the Web claimed that the incident occurred in June this year, but details of the incident became available only recently.

GoreisGreat · #2 ● 08-04-2014, 12:26 PM

Yikes that bear looks really fast.

Should've been prepared with one of these to at least give themselves a fighting chance.

Or a pair of these

Oswald2001 · #3 ● 08-04-2014, 01:01 PM

If you ever see cubs...GET AWAY!

Who doesn't know that?

Especially people that live/work around wildlife.

FunkPumpkin · #4 ● 08-04-2014, 01:24 PM

Originally Posted by Oswald2001 ↗

If you ever see cubs...GET AWAY!

Who doesn't know that?

Especially people that live/work around wildlife.

You're damn-straight on that advice! I used to solo hike in the Cascade Mountains. While you're very unlikely to encounter a grizzly bear where I hiked, finding black bears was not out of the question.

I had two co-workers who also hiked those trails and did encounter a black bear sow with 2 cubs. They had bear-bells on and riot-police sized cans of bear spray, plus they knew to stay away from berry fields or any place you encounter fresh bear scat. They were about as prepared as one could be, but luckily for them they didn't need to use anything other than their common sense. They froze and very-slowly backed away a bit and froze. Mama bear and her cubs continued across the trail and disappeared in the dense woods.

My co-workers decided that was enough hiking for the day and returned to their vehicles at the trail head, presumably to change into some unsoiled underbritches.

ralucagymnast · #5 ● 08-04-2014, 01:39 PM

Dont fuck with the Russian bear.

FunkPumpkin · #6 ● 08-04-2014, 02:17 PM

Originally Posted by GoreisGreat ↗

Yikes that bear looks really fast.

Should've been prepared with one of these to at least give themselves a fighting chance.

...

Actually, if you're on foot, you're probably better off with bear spray than a pistol. When I hiked, I carried bear spray for wildlife and a handgun for dangerous humans (like trail-head thieves.)

Specialized "bear spray" is designed to spray a large cone of spray versus the more-focused pepper sprays typically used by law enforcement. Spray it just in front of and slightly below the muzzle of the advancing bear. The bear should inhale a healthy dose of that nasty shit and get it in their eyes as well. That will likely stop the charge and buy you some time to GTFO.

Getting a quick stopping-shot on a charging bear with anything less than a 12-ga slug (minimum barely-feasible) or a dangerous-game stopping-rifle (e.g., .460 Weatherby Magnum, .458 Winchester Magnum, .458 Lott, .500 Nitro Express, etc.) is very unlikely, at best.

I've heard accounts of people culling large game with absurdly-powerful handguns like the .500 S&W (which has roughly double the energy of the .50 AE you pictured above.)

But killing a large animal that is not charging with a position-supported and well-placed shot is a different story than attempting to place a freehand handgun-shot just behind the head and between the shoulder blades of a charging bear. And the way African guides use their stopping rifles is that they allow the client to take the first shot while they wait at the ready with the stopping rifle. If the client fails to drop the dangerous game with their shot and/or the animal charges, the guide drops the animal with the extremely-powerful stopping rifle. Still a dangerous feat to pull off, but it's safer that way than if the animal surprises you, even if you're carrying a stopping rifle.

For comparison, the picture below compares the .500S&W (revolver), the .50 Beowulf (for modified AR-15 rifles), and .50AE (semi-auto handgun).

Oswald2001 · #7 ● 08-04-2014, 09:18 PM

A professional guide from Alaska told me a 12 gauge with slugs was the way to go.

If you have to fire, keep firing and hope for the best.

No guarantees.