Animal Attacks

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  Outdoor Life

  

  Days Before Florida Considers a Bear Hunt, the State Suffers Its First Fatal Black Bear Attack

  Outdoor Life - Alice Jones Webb

  An 88-year-old man and his dog were killed Monday in what officials believe were two separate black bear attacks near the victim’s home in rural …

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  Outdoor Life

  

  A Dozen Times I Should Have Died While Hunting and Fishing

  Outdoor Life - Charles Elliott

  This story, “On Borrowed Time,” appeared in the May 1982 issue of Outdoor Life. Adventure, some experts claim, is a happening, or series of …

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  Outdoor Life

  

  A Bobcat Mauled an 82-Year-Old Turkey Hunter. He Shrugged It Off

  Outdoor Life - Alice Jones Webb

  Claude Strother wasn’t expecting much action when he slipped into the Alabama woods on the afternoon of April 18. The 82-year-old turkey hunter had …

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  Outdoor Life

  

  A Grizzly Stole My Client’s Elk, Then Treed Me for Seven Hours

  Outdoor Life - Howard Copenhaver

  This story, “Footrace with a Grizzly,” appeared in the May 1955 issue of Outdoor Life. Two of my brothers, Gene and Wendell, and I had guided six elk …

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  Outdoor Life

  

  Bit By a Gator? It’s Your Own Dang Fault, Scientists Say

  Outdoor Life - Dac Collins

  Every spring, when alligators get frisky, at least one, if not several, people in the South get bitten or even killed by one of the big swamp …

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  Outdoor Life

  

  A Shed Hunter Shot and Killed a Charging Grizzly Bear in Montana

  Outdoor Life - Dac Collins

  A Montana man was charged by a grizzly bear Friday while looking for shed antlers near Dupuyer. The man shot and killed the bear mid-charge, and he …