Bears target moose calves and as you can imagine, they have a large appetite. If the moose calf population is getting decimated, pretty soon you have no adult moose to hunt. Many of us here in Alaska depend on moose meat to feed our families, it's our way of life.
This particular one was taken out of Fairbanks, and there's a very large population of college kids there at University of Alaska Fairbanks that are always out hiking, camping, doing normal college kid stuff. Plus the normal population of Alaskans that are out doing outdoorsy things... bears living in close proximity to the 2nd largest city in Alaska is dangerous.
Besides, this was the largest Grizzly ever taken by a hunter, that's something to be proud of, he's now a World Record holder and that's a rare thing indeed.
He shot it with a .300 only 20 yards away after stalking it, which is pretty ballsy.... a bear can cover 20 yards in a blink of an eye and a .300 is pretty light for an animal of that size.
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