I just got this email. You close to this area? I always feel leary in griz country chasing elk. Most of my areas only have mountain lions n black bear, they are very non aggresive. This was a big ol nasty bugger. lol Gary


Big Bear shot in Saddle Hills Alberta
These two gents were calling elk in the Saddle Hills south of Woking , Alberta when this big bear slipped in on the caller. The Shooter spotted the bear about 8 yards from the caller and dropped him with 5 shots out of his 338 Win Mag.. Farmers in the area knew about the bear but weren't able to track it after it had killed 3 horses, 5 cows, 13 sheep and a pen full of chickens on several different homesteads in the area. Fish and wildlife had bear traps set up in the area but noticed on surveillance video that whenever a he would enter a trap, his hump would hit the top of the culvert trap slowing him enough that the trap door would wack him on the head before he was all the way in the rear. Check out the scar tissue on his face... Bear weighed in just under 1300 pounds and would have stood 11 ¾ feet tall on its hind legs...

Holy shit glad that guy was a good shot and had the right guns with him.

Wow! Absolute MONSTER! And here I am stuck in kommiefornia hunting tiny elusive deer, coyotes, and tweetey birds.

wow that thing is huge..first i am hearing of it, i am sure word will get around about it..

saddle hills would be a 10 hour plus drive from my place. its up in northern alberta in oil field country.

we have a few bears around here but usually you have to go north from where i am to get too them. but we do have great mule deer and white tails around here, to dam many if you ask me.