I remember the story about a girl berry hunting and shooting it in the ear.I can see a shot like that working. He was a hairy bear, He was a scary bear. She has a very solid grip as if Shannon Watts is off camera ready to snatch it from her hands. 16 01/16. With facts like this about this entire thing how can you believe any of it ? 13 08/16. The current world record grizzly bear has a skull measurement of 26 3/16". Roland also agreed to host me in the coming months for a personal tour of his museum and to hear some other stories. You can see from the picture that the bullets entered the skull at very close to a right angle. During the ride out, listening to the hum of the two-stroke, I reflected on the amazing experience, replaying it in my head. At the time, it was reported that an airman hunting on Hitchcock Island killed the giant bear. 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. Note that a .22 long has about 10% more power than a .22 high velocity short, and a good bit less than a .22 long rifle cartridge. In 1953 Shorts were the least expensive, and Long Rifles cost more. also: who else can say they took a bear with a 22? Today its stored at the Royal Alberta Museum in Edmonton, too threadbare to be displayed. But is the diminutive cartridge good for anything but small game hunting and plinking? The bears skull was purchased from Bella Twin by Reinhold Eben-Ebenau. My father gave me a Marlin 783 in.22wmr that will give anything breathing a bad dayhard to find rounds though. As the huge grizzly came even with their position, it might have caught a whiff of their scent. He dindu nuffin and that crazy woman murdered him from ambush. The bear roared at him at some point, and he popped it through the roof of the mouth into the brain and killed it. She and her husband were hiking through the woods, when they came upon a mother grizzly with a cub. Bella Twin is show with the world record grizzly she killed with her single shot .22 rifle. Reinhold, a well-known hunting guide, learned that he had shot the biggest grizzly in North America. Bella knew animal anatomy very well. It was hit behind the shoulder and just stood and bled out. If Twin would have seen the bear, she would have turned and carefully exitedhad she had the chance. 203 1/8. Bella Twins grandson became an award winning author. Sheet! She was a trapper and would have been aware of what ursus arctos horribils could do if provoked. I grew up on an Iowa farm. Registration on or use of this site constitutes acceptance of our Terms of Service. The Rifle used by Bella Twin is a Cooey Ace 1. My father owned a Cooey and, as I recall, his would not take a 22 long rifle. With air guns, pellets or cast slugs its about precision. See a cow or a hog being processed? Mr Fitzgerald nabbed the bear in September but on Friday it was declared the largest ever killed by a hunter. He emailed photos of himself posing with the bear to friends. The elephant had several wounds, including four bullet holes in its hide. Bella Twin, a Cree Indian, and her partner, Dave Auger, were hunting small game south of Slave Lake, in Alberta, Canada. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. I would love to see .22 Plinkster recreate that shot. However, I knew everybody with a boat and a bag of dog food would be on the water as well. I have read of at least two other cases where grizzly bears were killed with .22 rifles. The bear dropped like a rock. 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. From "Biggest Bears Of 2006" in the March/April 2007 issue of Bear Hunting Magazine, due on newsstands late . My tattoos include a map of Alaska, a Dall ram I shot set in a backdrop of a topographical map, a wolf trap and pack of wolves under the northern lights. When we talk about shot placement we mean understanding anatomy as much as we mean marksmanship. 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. Today, they are still among the biggest grizzlies to be recorded., The hole from the single-shot that dropped the grizzly is clearly seen in the skull, beside the right eye socket. 22s were and still are used to cleanly kill cattle for butchering. In her short rifle, it must have barely been much faster than Subsonic. 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. Skis are easily the most efficient way to cover snowy ground on foot in winter. The bear kept getting closer and closer. I believe the bear was on all fours when it was shot. She had been a trapper and a hunter for decades. Some say a . The bear's skull measured 27 6/16, making it the largest grizzly taken by a hunter ever recorded. They shot the elephant to make it turn so they could shoot it with the big rifle, but it just stood and then fell over. I totally understand your skepticism. Dont mess with country girls. Reinhold Eben-Ebenau had a reason. Published May 2, 2022 4:00 PM EDT. The story says the distance was a few yards, and so with a decent view of the target it would not be a tall tale at all. Another story was that they saw the bear coming towards them. I could feel my pulse in my neck. That cartridge has killed many grizzlies and browns. 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. The place to aim was between the eyes, about an inch up. A large male can stand over 10' tall when on his hind legs, and 5' when on all four legs. The place to aim was between the eyes, about an inch up. Officials who shot the . Bella Twin was a strong and competent woman, despite her tiny size. Bella taking no chances went up to it and fired the 7 cartridges that she had left into the grizzly's head. My money is on it being a Cooeygood ol Canadian classic. Well I was expecting The Bella Twins from WWE , theyre hawt ! Every time the Buffalo went by, he put a 22 into it. I met up with my cousin Clint that afternoon, and we headed back out. Bella made sure. Research may disclose.at one time anyway, the World Record grizzly was killed with a 30-30;the story showing up in Outdoor Life in the good old daysand the World Record Polar Bear, with a 270 Winchester. If all I had was a .22 up against a griz, Id need a box of shorts too Well, any thoughts a home invader might have of getting away from her house safely are pretty much slim and none.. Disclaimer: Copyright 2023 Leon Pantenburg, All Rights Reserved, Survival Common Sense Blog | Emergency Preparedness, World record grizzly killed with a .22 caliber rifle, https://survivalcommonsense.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Bella-Twin-is-shown-with-the-hide-from-the-world-record-grizzly-bear-312x400.jpg, https://survivalcommonsense.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/22-Long-Rifle-474x400.jpg. YouTube - Store data on what videos from YouTube the user has seen - 2. Grizzly 399 is the most famous brown bear mother in the world, with her own Facebook and Twitter accounts. 67. . There was also at least one case where a .22 was used to kill and elephant. The wife he left behind when he died is Constance Brissenden. Hard to get more Canadian than that. It was interesting for me to come across this post since I have myself questioned whether this story was exaggerated over the years. On the screen was a picture of the bear I had been dreaming about for the previous two years. She has my utmost respect !!!!!!! Bella Twins bear lost the top spot the next year, in 1954, to F. Nygaard, a commercial salmon fisherman, who shot his bear on the coast of British Columbia. No hydrostatic shock. Bella was technically Larrys great aunt, Kokum to Larry. I was both ecstatic and nervous at hearing this, for the flats along the south side of the Tanana River that hold the Kantishna, Toklat, Teklanika, and Nenana tributaries are prime grizzly real estate. For me, this story started at the Royal Museum of Alberta in downtown Edmonton where I was doing a piece on the value of firearms for the Canadian Firearms Journal. It was Dave Auger, her guy. She would have wanted neither the additional velocity nor the additional cost. By comparison, my bear weighed approximately 650 pounds and was scored at 25216, potentially placing it at number nine in the Pope and Young record book. Gun Watch. Author Larry Loyie, Bellas grandson, was proud of his grandmother. Another version claimed that a park ranger shot the giant bear after it charged him from 50 yards away. The Stevens and Springfields looked alike , assume the Y was for youth , as it was shorter than my own first .22 . You just need to know enough about your animal to know where to put theRead more . Another collector purchased the bear skull and had it sent in for measurement, which is how it made the record books. Several times I have had to put down large hogs in the 300-400 pound range that were injured. From backpack sheep hunting adventure stories to DIY tips to gear and gun reviews, he covers it all with a perspective thats based in experience. 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. 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. When I interviewed Brissenden she said to me, Look, she was a Cree and a top-notch hunter. There are no berries available on 10 May in the vicinity of Slave Lake. All accounts agree on that. This way loud centerfire shots would not affect other Moose in the vicinity for the clients ~! The Stephens .22 was definitively short in the forearm. The __qca cookie is associated with Quantcast. The photos became an internet sensation and soon, stories appeared along with the images. One was that they tracked the bear. They spend the hunting seasons along alder-, willow-, and brush-choked riversmosquito-infested waters with rarely more than 30 or 40 yards of visibility. Besides, when the SHTF I wont be trying to protect myself from bears. . He says, just because you only have [place name of perceived under gun here], doesnt mean you necessarily have to curl up and die. You are oh so right. We used to see only black bears, but in 2011, I had pictures of more than 15 different grizzlies on my trail cameras. Every big game animal in the United States has been killed with a .22. Can a wolf kill a grizzly bear? The bear's skull measured 27 6/16, making it the largest grizzly taken by a hunter ever recorded. Theres a reason these bears get so big. My standard measure of value was how many .22 cartridges does this cost?. His older brothers name was Samuel. I was hunting two locations, and after spending a fruitless night in one stand that had just been hit by two nice bears, I headed downriver to check the other bait. Many details are in this story that were never put together before. Think about this. As amazing as it may seem to kill a bear w/ .22, there is a story about an old indian gentleman that went on a buffalo hunt armed with a .22 rifle. So spot-and-stalk hunting is all but impossible, and as a rule, these bears have gotten big because they are very good at avoiding people. It took me many years to realize that Ill likely never see an interior Alaska black bear to match it. That poor bear. One of the bullets made its way completely through the skull and exited the other side. Posted: 1/5/2018 11:03:51 PM EST. Grizzy killed with HI Point 45 ACP. NPS / Jim Peaco Yellowstone is home to two species of bears: grizzly bears and black bears. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance". Bella Twin thought it was less risk to shoot rather than not shoot. In 1986, another record-class grizzly was killed by Alvars Barkis of Sinking Spring, Pennsylvania, with a .300 Magnum; and a medium-size one, about 500 pounds, was killed by 12-year-old Gary H. Holmes of Kimberly, BC, with a .25/06. As soon as I walked in to the bait site, I knew a big grizzly had been there, as the bait was scattered everywhere. The wind was from the NE, at 12 to 24 mph. 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. In the book, Bella is surprised by the bear that suddenly rises above them in the bush, arms raised high. I had experienced the greatest adventure of my life while spending two weeks with my friends in the Alaskan bush. Which only goes to show that in an emergency, strange things are possible, but who wants that kind of emergency? Anxiously, I scanned through the pictures, and suddenly, there he was. A bear shot on the Kenai just last fall. Larry wrote his version of the grizzly adventure in As Long as the Rivers Flow. May 10, 1957, she killed a massive grizzly bear with her Cooey Ace #1 .22. If I ever find anymore longs Ill put it in as my new self defense weapon. Id think that a .22 would just glance off their skull. 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. History is so important to him (Larry). The following spring, I shot a black bear that I could tell was big, but even when we squared the hide at 8-feet even, I didnt know what I had. The Moose would trot 40-50yds and fall dead. This lady did the only thing that could be done with the bear in such extremely close proximity . Griz will come in to a bait, but usually only once or twice before moving on. We climbed into our treestands at about 10:30 p.m., just as the woods were settling down for the evening. And the second thing was that people said it wasn't her that shot the bear. I carry a small 22 in my pocket all the time. if you are going to cut the main arteries and veins in the neck but I think that at least a .38 is used on cattle.The only safe shot would be in the ear hole going right to the brain. 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. "When grizzly bears attack, they . Bella Twin had her beat up .22 single shot Cooey Ace 1 with her. Theyll gut you, quarter you and the coyotes are the only ones that will ever see you again. It was too early. Bella Twin was a calm, quiet, clear-headed Cree woman with a trap line. Greatest Weights (in pounds) for Montana Big Game . Wildlife officials in Montana shot and killed a grizzly bear Friday morning less than two miles from Ovando, where a 65-year-old woman was killed in a bear attack Tuesday, Montana Fish, Wildlife . They had a big rifle as a backup. Which begs the question: Why arent more bird hunters using them? These cookies track visitors across websites and collect information to provide customized ads. She had used it for many years on her trap line. Several accounts have been offered for what happened. "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. There was no wind, and the bear was oblivious to our presence. The skull from the author's giant interior grizzly. The oldest boar was 27. I havent found any record of weight measurement or a measure of the hide. His account has her throwing down a knapsack for the bear to stop and sniff. It is recorded that Bella pumped several other shots into the grizzly after it fell. Your street cred is tied to yours and your client trophies and your recent world record gets bested by a quiet lady with a .22? On 10 May, 1953, a front was passing through Slave Lake, a village on the South shore of Lesser Slave Lake in Alberta, Canada. We looked at each other, then another branch broke. Photo courtesy Boone and Crockett Club MISSOULA A hunter in Alaska has been credited with. A woman walking her two dogs in Colorado has been killed in a bear attack, park officials say. If you test them in water jugs or gel you will see why. Bella Twin probably used C.I.L. Bellas grizzly was the largest in North America at the time, being a few centimeters larger than my dads. Before I read this story, I looked at the rifle with a magnifying glass, & thought, That looks like the 1st firearm I ever owned, a Stevens single shot rifle. It was given to me for Christmas when I was 14 y/o, in 1947. The cookie stores information anonymously and assigns a randomly generated number to recognize unique visitors. This cookie can only be read from the domain they are set on and will not track any data while browsing through other sites. This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. In fact I remember him telling me this story in the 1970s when I was a boy learning to shoot. doubleclick.net - browser supports cookies. Each piece has great meaning to me. Installed by Google Analytics, _gid cookie stores information on how visitors use a website, while also creating an analytics report of the website's performance. She paid the insurance. Dont assume a large animal is dead. I dont take my ink lightly. Larry died April 8, 2016, but he left behind a legacy of wonderful stories, some of which are in the process of being published by his loving wife Constance Brissenden, who is honoring him with a post-humous publication of his work. It was scored at 27316 by Boone and Crockett measurers and stands as the largest hunter-killed grizzly ever taken by any method. The bear dropped, kicked and then lay still. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other. Future records should include sex, date killed, location taken, hunter name, and observer names for the scale weight. Ill trust the judgement of someone who lived up there and had decades of experience as a hunter and trapper. A new world record, the story said. The photograph there might show better details, and the skull photograph may be in that book as well. I could not forget this bear. PRONGHORN ANTELOPE. But that women sure got big Balls. The genetics are still on the landscape, and the bears have not been pursued by hunters since the close of the 2005 season. I dont know just how close the bear was behind me as I was too preoccupied to take notice . p. 276, More Bear Tales The grizzly towered over them, grunting and snorting. The big bruin, taken in 2013 near Fairbanks, Alaska, by Larry Fitzgerald of Fairbanks. But the grizzly came to close and Bella Twin shot the grizzly in the side of the head with a .22 Long cartridge. The bear dropped dead, but because Twin knew what she was up againstput seven more rounds into the bear skullseven insurance shots. Okay, fearlesstotally. I was 15 years old , healthy ,nimble , fast and very lucky . 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,.
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