For the second time in four days, Alaska has seen bear maulings in the state. Following the attack on a 77-year-old bear hunter on Friday, near mile 68 of the Denali Highway, another attack was reported in southeast Alaska on Monday. The first attack on Friday, involved Glenn Bohn, who was on a bear hunt with […]
Alaska Wildlife Troopers are seeking information from the public concerning the killing of a Kodiak Brown Bear sow found near the dump in the community of Port Lions on Kodiak Island. Wildlife troopers received a report of a dead Kodiak Bear across from the Port Lions dump on Saturday. Units from the AWT responded to […]
A 62-year-old Funny River man was attacked and mauled by a Brown Bear on Sunday afternoon, the trooper dispatch reported. 62-year-old Danny High “was walking in the woods when he was attacked by a brown bear,” troopers reported. Alaska Wildlife troopers and Alaska State Troopers responded to the scene of the attack at mile 11 […]
While on a deer hunting trip on Sally Island in Uganik Bay on Kodiak Island on Tuesday, deer hunter, 68-year-old Sitka resident Michael Snowden was attacked by a brown bear. Snowden’s leg was severely injured in the attack. Snowden’s hunting partner, 38-year-old Jeff Ostrin of Camas, Washington, shot the bear as it was attacking Snowden. […]