Hunting Story
(continued from page 5)
nnd beaches with our field glasses
and soon we located three bean
in a grassy opening almost direct
ly above us As we brought our
l> icker to a halt a large mother
bear brought her family of two
out in plain sight. With a cub
on either side of her they sat
down on the precipice overlook
ing us and watched us row for
the beach.
We rounded a point out of her
sight, anchored the dory, gath
ered what ammun'tion we need
ed and started the climb. I felt
sure of our kill if we could keep
out of sight and were not noisy.
As we ascended the grassy ridges
wre 1 back from sight and hearing
of the bear we paused now and
then to get our breath and set
tle our nerves, knowing that we
might need steady shooting when
approching a mother and her
cubs, and also the possibility of
a male bear.
After 45 minutes of climbing I
figured we were a little above
our prey. We crossed another
little ridge and halted ready for
a shot any moment I was to
take the mother and Dennis and
Bill were each to shoot a cub.
We eased out to a little ridge
and not J00 feet below us, in
some alders, we saw the three
still as mice, facing us, a big
mother and two 2-year-old cubs
on either side of her. They saw
us and their bristles were
raised.
By the time I raised and cock
ed the 348, the mother had ad
vanced five or six lively steps j
coming straight for us. Being so ]
close I aimed for her head, bu., |
with her movement I hit her J
square in the breast. The im j
pact knocked her down, but up j
she came. In about four or five
jumps she was within 30 feet of i
me, a little to the left. I fired at !
her neck and down she rolled to
where she had started in the
alders, out of sight,. I fired three
times at one of the cubs, and
now we had music and plenty
of it as Dennis fired at the other
cub. Every bear was yelling and
still moving. As I started to re
load the mother made another
try foi us and I only had time
to put one cartridge in the mag
azine. I fired this into her not
far away for the count.
Never in one instance was her
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head away-from us. She saw us
from the start to the finish and
was a gallant mother putting up
a fight until the finish. I had
wanted a thrill and got it!
Soon we had the mother bear
skinned and her carcass showed
I had fired four fatal shots
through her body, not one lodg
ing. I also had fired through one
of the cubs twice, both shots
through the shoulders, neither
bullet lodging. I had used a Win
chester 290 grain soft point and
not one jacket was found in any
carcass. One piece of bone was
found in the heart.
As we made our return trip to
the cannery tender, some 15
miles away, the twilight was
beautiful amid the snow-capped
mountains. About midnight we
pulled under the lights of the
tender and all hands were on
deck to help us roll our kill a
board. Coffee was offered to us
and we were glad for a few hours
rest. We pulled anchor and in
about three hours we tied up at
Port Bailey, leaving only a
short distance to make on home
with our dory
In another houT I was taking
it easy around our log cabin
where the .story had to be re
peated to my wife and Mary,
our housekeeper, and to others
who came to see the bear.
R. H. Chadwick, former may
or and representative in Kodiak
for the National Grocery com
pany, is leaving this week on a
business trip to Seattle.
Merritte Holden, employed at
the base, left this week to go to
Seattle for medical attention. He
plans on visiting in California
before returning.
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