I’ve had some darn impressive photographs of bears come my way but this has to rank way, way up there. These came with no details other than the location being British Columbia at a place called Tumbler Ridge. If you know anything about this bruiser or the hunters, let us know in the Comments!
Mark pictures after the jump.
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If you’ve been reading this blog since the early days then you may recall the story of “The Longest Minute”. It is about two hunters and their dramatic encounter with a grizzly while quartering a moose in the Alaska wilderness. It is a fascinating story written by Doug White, one of the hunters. But that’s not the reason for the post.
In the story, Reed Thompson, pictured here, distracted the bear long enough for Doug to free the pistol and take the single shot that saved their lives. At that time Reed was dating my cousin, Cooke Adams, and today I am proudly looking forward to future hunts with our newest family member! Reed proposed to Cooke on Thanksgiving and we can’t wait to get him into the Doubletough fold!
This story first made the rounds in January of last year and is such a feat, it deserves Doubletough status:
Fern Spaulding-Rivers of Talkeetna, Alaska at nine years old was an experienced hunter of that state’s top game species and on this day she was out with her parents in pursuit of bear. Her weapon of choice was a Remington 700 chambered in .375 H&H. Bear Hunting Magazine reported she had to take out a wolf “at 8 paces” when it charged them, long before they stumbled across the bear. Read more…
