This hunter was initially reported as lost. After three days of searching, his body was found...

A hunter whose body was found near Sundre was attacked by a grizzly bear, said the medical examiner's office in Calgary. (Alberta, Canada)

The man, tentatively identified as Don Peters, 51, had been missing since Sunday. His body was found in a heavily wooded area of the Ya Ha Tinda Ranch region, more than 175 kilometres northwest of Calgary.

Full article here.

The RCMP should know better than to make comments before a case is fully examined. Did the grizzly attack the hunter with premeditation, or is it a case of self defense? This is nature, not the trendy streets of Kitsilano. " Sometimes you get the bear, sometimes the bear gets you."

Considering there was a 3 day search for the man, I think they have no choice but to tell people what they found.

They did say "That weapon was discharged but we're still looking into exactly how it all fits into the situation" and any half way intelligent person should understand what that means: it means they don't know what happened.

Man had weapon, bear took him out. End of story. It's hard to blame a bear for acting like a bear.

Sue

What he shoot the bear with?

What ever it was wasn't big enough, or he missed it just said the gun was discharged not that he hit anything.

He may have discharged his gun at a deer or other prey, and then been attacked while field dressing it.

Or maybe he didn't even shoot at the bear. The story said he was a hunter. Maybe he shot at something else and was later surprised by a bear. Who knows?

The search itself took 3 days, but how long was he out there before a search even got started? For all we know, he could have been skinning his kill, bear jumps out, kills man, takes man's kill. I don't know.

The first bear they find in that area (assuming they find any that haven't bedded down for the season) is gonna be labeled as the bad bear. Oh, why must all this profiling continue? Don't they know, not all griz are man-killers. Only the darker, unshorn ones are bad...


Hmm, I also smell a Darwin Award honorable mention here.

I don't agree benjammin. Bear attacks aren't that uncommon in central Alberta. It's not like the bear broke into his house...more like the other way around.