An Alaskan Hunter Mauled by a Grizzly Sow Uses His GPS to Call for Help

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BY BOB MCNALLY | UPDATED SEP 13, 2021

Given the remote location of the encounter and the defensive behavior usually exhibited by sows with cubs, the release states, there are no plans to locate the grizzly. At more than 13 million acres, Wrangell-St. Elias is the largest National Park and Preserve in America. It’s located about 250 miles east of Anchorage in a rugged mountain region. Although hunting isnot allowed in national parks, itis permitted in preserves.

Hunter Jason Long of Eagle River, Alaska, was attacked and injured by a sow grizzly bear near the Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve on Sept. 8, reports theNational Park Service. Long was hunting alone when he encountered the sow and her two cubs. St. Lawrence River Muskies Are Under Attack By Invasive Gobies How to Catch Big Bass in Small Creeks Minnesota’s Early Teal Experiment: More Opportunity for Duck Hunters or a Threat to Duck Hunting as We Know It? Tampa Bay Angler Catches a Filefish That He Thought Was a Trash Bag How to Not Get Lost When Your GPS Fails Two Historic Public Waterfowl Meccas See Water Management Changes This Fall https://imasdk.googleapis.com/js/core/bridge3.479.1_en.html#goog_1839877601https://imasdk.googleapis.com/js/core/bridge3.479.1_en.html#goog_1913184657https://imasdk.googleapis.com/js/core/bridge3.479.1_en.html#goog_839883331https://imasdk.googleapis.com/js/core/bridge3.479.1_en.html#goog_1616332595https://imasdk.googleapis.com/js/core/bridge3.479.1_en.html#goog_1616332597javascript:false