Originally Posted By: clearwater
Unless you can provide a link, the reports show that rifles were the backup and bear spray was ineffective in this case.


"David Trembly first saw the bear soon after they entered a wooded area in the Snake River bottoms and tried to scare it off.

All three hunters had ready access to bear spray. When the bear charged, David Trembly fired his spray while his sons raised their rifles and initially held fire. One of the hunters described he grizzly bear as moving "incredibly fast" and "like a cat," moving low to the ground and snapping branches as it charged, according to the release."

"Three bullets — one to the back and two to the head — brought down the 534-pound male practically at the hunters' feet."

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/charges-killed-grand-teton-grizzly-18676666


And here

"After reviewing the investigation, handled by law-enforcement rangers at the park in consultation with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the U.S. Attorney's Office decided not to file any charges against the three, park officials announced Thursday.

According to the investigation, the unidentified hunters, who were participating in the park's annual elk reduction hunt, tried to deter the bear with bear spray, but when it charged to within 10 feet of the trio two fired at it, hitting the grizzly twice in the head and once in the back, killing it, the investigation noted."

http://www.nationalparkstraveler.com/201...ional-park22897


From the link you provided to the National Park Traveler website -""During that brief time, the hunters deployed bear spray and discharged firearms against the charging grizzly. Park rangers and science and resource management personnel believe that both the bear spray and bullets contacted the grizzly bear at nearly the same instant," the release said. "The totality of circumstances indicated that the hunters were forced to make rapid decisions in close proximity to the bear, and they acted in self-defense."
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