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Article: Hunting without fear. (brown-bear hunting)(includes related information on hunting safety)(Dangerous Hunts)(Cover Story)
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- Sports Afield
- Article date:
- November 1, 1996
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CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1996 Hearst Communications, reprinted with permission of Hearst. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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The ultimate game of chance is not in some casino in Las Vegas: It's played in the alder jungles of Alaska's Kodiak Island archipelago, home to roughly 3000 brown bear. It was there I sat crouched in a raindrenched poncho, listening nervously as a 900-plus-pound Kodiak brown bear crunched through the wet gravel. I eased my head and rifle over a log. Less than 60 yards away, the bear reared back on its hind legs and moaned. The only other sound I remember was the clacking of the bear's teeth. I shouldered my 338, looked through the scope and, with much trepidation, lowered it. I was completely vulnerable. My arms tingled and my legs felt hollow. Each of us waited for the ...
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