The skull, used as a measurement, is housed in a small museum on the Eben-Ebenau homestead. The bear was outnumbered nearly 20 to one, and yet it managed to hold his own against the wolves until the pack decided to leave the carcass to the bear. Subscribe to OL+ for our best feature stories and photography. At the time, it was reported that an airman hunting on Hitchcock Island killed the giant bear. The CCI Standard Velocity generates 102 foot pounds. The largest grizzly bear ever taken by a hunter has been entered into the Boone and Crockett record book. He weighed close to 1,089 kg (2,400 lb) one year before his death. What actually happened is that in October 2001 a 22-year-old airman from Eielson Air Force Base named Ted Winnen killed a grizzly bear on Hinchinbrook Island. Amazing story. Arizona -(Ammoland.com)-In this famous photograph by Bruno Engler, Bella Twin is shown with the hide from the world record grizzly bear that she shot in 1953 with a single shot .22 rifle. Also the first gun I shot ! In my research, it appears that somewhere, there is a picture of the bears skull, showing 8 or 9 holes. Looks just like my Pops old Springfield 15Y he got from Sears Roebuck for $2.98 before WWII and used on his trapline. It was used to scale the estimate. Taking the new World Record brown bear with my bow was just a bonus. Winds make a lot of noise in the woods, and they can blow your scent away from game. "He had a pistol. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. Its not that we dont feel the excitement in the moment, sometimes we just dont realize what we have within the moment. 145. It does not store any personal data. The Rifle used by Bella Twin is a Cooey Ace 1. This is just a bear. I was 15 years old , healthy ,nimble , fast and very lucky . Make sure. Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual It is recorded that Bella pumped several other shots into the grizzly after it fell. My father gave me a Marlin 783 in.22wmr that will give anything breathing a bad dayhard to find rounds though. Pretty short with only 18 canon. The guy was in the tree all night. i wonder where that 22 is now, certainly the collectors value would be much higher knowing its history with a grizz. 170. Every time the Buffalo went by, he put a 22 into it. Please clickhereto check out and subscribe to the SurvivalCommonSense.com YouTube channel thanks! Anyone whos come across one knows what Fred Bear meant a half century ago when he said that the thrill of tangling with a grizzly bear cleanses the soul. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary". The Argument Against the Argument Against Silencers, Jeff Knoxs Letter to the NRA Re: Rules Changes, Get Ready for the Invasion of Canadian Feral Super Pigs, NM Gov. And before that, the world-record grizzly succumbed to a .22 Rimfire! I dont know just how close the bear was behind me as I was too preoccupied to take notice . My father owned a Cooey and, as I recall, his would not take a 22 long rifle. However, the validity of this . You can see the exit hole on the right side. (Elephant killing probe heats up, Bangkok Post, March 26, 2013, by TERRY FREDRICKSON). Make sure to. They saw a large grizzly walking the cutline toward them. Grizzly 399 (born 1996) is a grizzly bear inhabiting Grand Teton National Park and Bridger-Teton National Forest.She is followed by as many as 40 wildlife photographers, and millions of tourists come to the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem to see her and the other grizzly bears. The Stephens .22 was definitively short in the forearm. This one is priceless, because of its provenance. She wouldnt wait around to challenge a huge bear.. It was hit behind the shoulder and just stood and bled out. The biggest interior grizzly bear ever killed by a bowhunter was shot in May 2009 by Pennsylvania hunter Rob Debias. The story claimed a guy who worked for the forest service came across a huge grizzly bear that ended up charging him from 50 yards away. Bella Twins bear lost the top spot the next year, in 1954, to F. Nygaard, a commercial salmon fisherman, who shot his bear on the coast of British Columbia. Tyler Freel As usual, black bears showed up first, and I was able to help my wife take her first bear with a bow. Different accounts have given Ms. Twins age from girl to 63 or 67. MULE DEER NON-TYPICAL. Perhaps someone in Alberta has access to records that give us more definitive information. It stood 12' 6" high at the shoulder, 14' to the top of his head. Mathews Halon, GrizzlyStik Momentum arrows, and Massai 200 broadheads. I was actually a little embarrassed. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other. 13 08/16. He emailed photos of himself posing with the bear to friends. This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. YouTube sets this cookie via embedded youtube-videos and registers anonymous statistical data. Ever live on a farm? YSC cookie is set by Youtube and is used to track the views of embedded videos on Youtube pages. He piled up within seconds, after covering only 30 yards. The long would have fired a 29 grain bullet at 1240 feet per second. Yep. Youtube - Track the views of embedded videos. The cookie is set by crwdcntrl.net to collect statistical data such as the number of visits, average time spent on site, and what pages have been loaded, for targeted advertising. Amazing. Here is a close up of the rifle. You just need to know enough about your animal to know where to put theRead more . There may well be great bears in Albertas hunting future if we can muster the courage to do the right thing. Grizzy killed with HI Point 45 ACP. The bear roared at him at some point, and he popped it through the roof of the mouth into the brain and killed it. This was the only bear Id ever killed that actually got bigger when I walked up to him. They moved to the side of the cutline and hid, hoping the bear would not discover them. But thats what happened on May 10, 1953. I wonder if she had to change shorts?????????? The .22 caliber rimfire cartridge is the classic beginner round. For a while, I thought it might be a Tobin, but it clearly is not. Whats do you think this gun is worth? Mr.Carr next time one of your friends asks you who your .22lr could possible hurt, ask them how much they would like to eat one inside 7 yards haha. Bear records are based on skull size. It did not qualify for Pope and Young because Debias used a Lumenok on his arrow. Even after flying 400 yards (370 m), a .22 bullet is still traveling about 500 feet/second.. The bear dropped like a rock. Okay, fearlesstotally. I was told the Eskimos and native Indians use the single shot 22lr riffle to kill the big bears like this because of a natural trait the bears have of standing on their hind legs when they attack, growling and opening their mouths. This was the first time he had hit the bait, so I figured the chances were good that he would be back at least once more. He described Bella as a tiny woman, and he was not a large man. If you test them in water jugs or gel you will see why. The guide located a qualifying bull at about 100 yards and pointed it out to the old gentleman. Bella Twin killed that World Record Grizzly Bear in 1953 using 22 Long (not Long Rifle) cartridges. This bears skull was 16 9/16 long and 9 14/16 wide, for a total score of 26 7/16. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. His dad paid $15 for it. I have read of at least two other cases where grizzly bears were killed with .22 rifles. It was a story that myself and all my cousins were told as little kids growing up in Slave Lake. That record was in place for some time. Let's take a little trip back in firearms history to 1953. Larry wrote his version of the grizzly adventure in As Long as the Rivers Flow. If I ever find anymore longs Ill put it in as my new self defense weapon. Think about this. From "Biggest Bears Of 2006" in the March/April 2007 issue of Bear Hunting Magazine, due on newsstands late . One of the bullets made its way completely through the skull and exited the other side. It's still a really interesting story. The bear dropped dead, but because Twin knew what she was up againstput seven more rounds into the bear skullseven insurance shots. But her bear wasnt the first giant grizzly to put the town of Slave Lake on the map. They would not have gone and challenged the biggest grizzly in North America. Americas oldest Second Amendment News outlet. Hunter Jeff Melillo shot the bear in Morris County on Oct. 14 topping a record set in 1993 by a hunter in California, according to a statement from the Pope and Young Club bow-hunting and. With air guns, pellets or cast slugs its about precision. 26 03/16. Bella sold the hide and her rifle to a museum. One shot to the brain at contact distance will kill instantly. I was hunting two locations, and after spending a fruitless night in one stand that had just been hit by two nice bears, I headed downriver to check the other bait. Read the whole Bella Twin grizzly story here. Dont mess with country girls. Bear killed the brown with a recurve and cedar arrows tipped with his signature broadheads. Redirecting to /1803246/alaskan-bags-world-record-grizzly/ (308) It was a very accurate little shooter, & accounted for many sparrows, starlings, & not a few squirrels. They made it out alive. The story says the distance was a few yards, and so with a decent view of the target it would not be a tall tale at all. Grizzly bears are long-lived mammals, generally living into their mid to late 20s, although some wild bears have lived for over 35 years. But the grizzly came to close and Bella Twin shot the grizzly in the side of the head with a .22 Long cartridge. Tex, Every farmer who raise livestock will inevitably have to put down a large, injured animal. My speculation was that she was surprised. I recall buying longs in the middle 1960s from a gas station. He observed, Bella was a good hunter, he said. His Dad killed a few big bears in the slave lake area and well may have had his eye on this bear for himself or one of his clients. I had undoubtedly taken one of the largest interior grizzly bears in the world, ironically, with my Bears Paw recurve and Grizzly broadheads. Almost my entire family (military vets included) carries a .22lr. The genetics are still on the landscape, and the bears have not been pursued by hunters since the close of the 2005 season. In fact, a .22 LRbullet is easily capable of killing or injuring humans. And that's what Larry's words were like, hell, no question about it. That may have happened here. They said the couple saw the bear coming along the cutline and waited until it was close enough to shoot it.. It was good that the weather was cool. Most of the time, the tool used is the farmers .22 rifle. And they tracked it down, you know, where they saw the bear and they went after it. Bears have very thick skulls. Montana authorities are searching for a grizzly bear Tuesday after it attacked and killed a woman on an overnight camping trip near the rural town of Ovando, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks . At 3:30 a.m. one morning, Jim Landess heard banging on his Sterling, Alaska, home. That poor bear. All killed with 45 acp 230 ball ammo. In the top picture by Engler, the rifle is missing the bolt. She and her grizzly will be talked about around campfires for many years to come. He dindu nuffin and that crazy woman murdered him from ambush. So spot-and-stalk hunting is all but impossible, and as a rule, these bears have gotten big because they are very good at avoiding people. Who could blame her?. Because of our extreme northern latitude, the midsummer twilight lasts until the wee hours of the morning. The place to aim was between the eyes, about an inch up. She was born in 1890. By comparison, my bear weighed approximately 650 pounds and was scored at 25216, potentially placing it at number nine in the Pope and Young record book. Ready for an Eco-River Adventure? Think of the bear standingit's huge. This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The bear charged the worker, who shot it with the .22 revolver. It came within a few yards of them. It was scored at 27 316 by Boone and Crockett measurers and stands as the largest hunter-killed grizzly ever taken by any method. My father and others observing the event said that at one point I could have patted the bear on the nose . A .22 Cooey with a missing bolt. Just $1 per month , The author takes one of the largest archery grizzly bears of all time with a recurve bow, By May 10, 1957, she killed a massive grizzly bear with her Cooey Ace #1 .22. If it were not for the evidence, this would be hard to believe as true. Explore the Big Waters of the Mighty Mississippi, Review: Kuru Quest boots fill fashion and work needs, Hunt with a flintlock rifle, then make squirrel mulligan stew, Video: Try this easy way to make effective survival firestarter, Review: Preppers Long-Term Survival Guide by Jim Cobb, Five things to know about hunting and eating snakes, Five tips for keeping your feet warm in cold weather. Larry Loyie was a well-published writer. Perhaps the most notable recurve-killed bear of all time was the behemoth brown that Fred Bear shot in 1962 (right). The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics". The question is, what rifle is she holding? I wonder how close the buff was. Learning about bears can help you avoid a confrontation. I read a story about a guy in Africa in the early 1900s hunting Cape Buffalo. The oldest boar was 27. It dropped dead just a few feet from him. That makes it unlikely the bear was standing on its hind legs when it was shot. Provided by Google Tag Manager to experiment advertisement efficiency of websites using their services. Same as a .22LR. The man emptied his semi-automatic 7mm magnum rifle into the bear, killing it in the nick of time. That bear scored 26 10/16, 3/16 higher. Another version claimed that a park ranger shot the giant bear after it charged him from 50 yards away. Several times I have had to put down large hogs in the 300-400 pound range that were injured. The bear's skull measured 27 6/16, making it the largest grizzly taken by a hunter ever recorded. The grizzlies, however, were not so cooperative. But the bear came much too close, and when the big boar was only a few yards away, Bella Twin shot him in the side of the head with a .22 Long cartridge. A recent one ended with both man and bear dead. Bella Twin was a close friend of my grandfathers, and my father has possession of the skull displayed in my grandfathers trophy museum. This closeup shows the penciled score. This lady did the only thing that could be done with the bear in such extremely close proximity . The animal was quietly shot, then the hunters waited several minutes for it to bleed out and topple over. I live in Lesser Slave Lake and this is a story that can be confirmed by many townspeople that have lived here since before 1950. The oldest known wild Kodiak bear was a 34-year-old sow. Bella knew animal anatomy very well. I remember the story about a girl berry hunting and shooting it in the ear.I can see a shot like that working. YouTube sets this cookie to store the video preferences of the user using embedded YouTube video. The post says the bear that was shot is the "largest grizzly bear ever recorded in the world" at over 1,600 lbs and standing at "12' 6' high at the shoulder, 14' to the top . I owned a 1910 Stephens .22 Long Rifle pump and have a picture that would make this gun look like a family member. Voss got off two shots with his .270 that proved fatal to the bear, but the grizzly bit Voss about the head - they usually go for the head - and killed him. Im a firm believer that some of our hunting memories can only be truly appreciated in time. The bears have had plenty of time these 16 years to fill out to their maximum potential. Her grandson wrote lovingly about her and her Cree ways. While the bear was busy eating the bait the hunter would rise up and place a 22 against its head and the rest was history. Dont mess with country girls. She has a very solid grip as if Shannon Watts is off camera ready to snatch it from her hands. Certainly, there is more to this story that Roland can fill in and I have the sense there are plenty of other interesting bear stories to contemplate. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. They were not picking berries. My tattoos include a map of Alaska, a Dall ram I shot set in a backdrop of a topographical map, a wolf trap and pack of wolves under the northern lights. Ill add one more speculation. "At some point, a bear had dragged him down to the river," Lt. Cmdr. Wrong, he said. Its been a while but I think Bella shot this bear with aRead more , Indeed a Cooey 22 which is held by the Royal Alberta Museum, bedded in a piece of bike tire and attached to the stock with hockey tape, the museum has the hide of the bear as well, neither are on regular display.