ELK CARCASS BECOMES SITE OF DEADLY GRIZZLY ATTACK

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A Wyoming elk hunting guide died over the weekend and his client injured by a grizzly bear.

The guide was Mark Uptain, 37, and his client Corey Chubon. They were archery elk hunting in the Teton Wilderness. Chubon had shot an elk on Thursday but had come back to recover the animal Friday. The guide and hunter located the carcass and began routine preparations to get the meat and head out of the wilderness. While in the processes of removing the elk they were charged by a grizzly bear. According to several reports Chubon was able to escape and grab his pistol but wasn’t able to safely fire at the bear who was at the time on top of Uptain. Chubon told authorities he threw the gun to Uptain before fleeing to call for help. Chubon was treated for leg, chest and arm injuries and was flown to a Jackson hospital. Search and rescue teams located Uptain’s body on Saturday. Reports state there were two bears present but only one of the bears attacked.

Wyoming wildlife managers have said two grizzly bears were euthanized that are believed to be involved in the attack. The bears, a mother and cub, are being examined. “All available evidence indicates that these two bears were the bears involved in the Terrace Mountain attack,” Rebekah Fitzgerald, a spokeswoman for the Wyoming Game and Fish Department, said in a statement on Sunday.

A GoFund me site has been set up for Uptain’s wife and kids.

https://muleyfreak.com/2018/09/16/elk-hunters-attacked-and-one-killed-amid-grizzly-hunt-stopage-by-federal-judge/