Originally Posted By: clearwater
Couple more articles,

Bullet ricocheted

"Investigators have indicated to her family they believe the bullet likely hit the bear first, "

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2011/sep/24/gunshot-killed-hunter-during-grizzlys-attack/

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Bow hunters use pepper spray successfully.

http://www.spokesman.com/blogs/outdoors/2011/sep/28/bear-spray-worked-bowhunters/



On the first article: That's gotta help. Knowing that shooting his friend was bad luck and not directly his fault.

On the second article: You'd be suprised how many people don't carry bear spray. I was up in Kings Canyon/Sequoia NP a couple a years back when a sow and cub wandered into camp (backcountry, not campground). There were a dozen of us, and I was the only one who had bear spray. Thankfully, the bears detoured around us instead of raiding the kitchen area.
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