In the fall of 1989, Alan Yates shot a black bear which charged him. It was bear season in Montana, near Bozeman. He used a .303 rifle and a .357 magnum pistol. This is his story.
Charging Black Bear Stopped with Rifle and Pistol in Montana 1989
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Boone & Crockett Club Announces Decision to Create New Big Game Records Category for Javelina
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NRA Files Official Protest to Bears Ears Shooting Closure
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Academic-Research-Media Complex, Gas Lighting Readers that Hunters Are Poisoning Bald Eagles
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New York Lawmakers Running Familiar Biden Admin. Anti-Hunting Playbook
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