Sitting on the toilet and a bear decides to make you his breakfast....

[GWN7]

Remember you are food out there .......

Winnipeg man shoots bear, saves friend | CTV Winnipeg

A 65-year-old Winnipeg man is home recovering after being attacked and nearly killed by a black bear near Sioux Lookout, ON this past weekend.


Gord Shurvell was getting ready to go fishing around 6 a.m. Saturday morning when he made a pit stop to the outhouse.


Just as he was about ready to leave, Shurvell said he came face to face with a black bear.


The 250 pound animal squeezed its way in, grabbed Shervell by the shoulder and dragged him out of the outhouse.


"He comes up and I knew, I knew he meant business then," he said. "Like I've been on the bush a lot and with bears and that (but I) never, never dreamed of this."



Unable to get free, Shervell said the bear then grabbed him by the back of the neck.


Luckily, his friend of 55 years who was in the chalet heard his screams.


Danny Alexander, 63-year-old, rushed outside with a gun. He says he decided to get close to the bear to avoid shooting his friend by mistake.


"Just as I moved over the bear dropped Gordie and turned around and looked at me," said Alexander. "That was the best thing that ever happened."


He then fired one fatal shot at the bear's head.


Shervell needed 12 stitches in his head and has several claw and bite marks on his body, but is grateful to his friend who saved his life.


He now calls him "Sure Shot."


The ordeal also landed Shervell with a nickname; he's now lovingly referred to as "Bear Bait."

[Joe Bob]

So...Canucks take guns when they go fishing?

[legion]

Originally Posted by Joe Bob

So...Canucks take guns when they go fishing?

Those fish are crafty devils, eh?

[recycled sixtie]

We have very restrictive gun laws in this country. I am impressed the fisherman did have a gun and used it to good effect. Without it who knows what would have happened. Funnily enough I was at a camping store today buying an air horn to supplement my bear spray. What a joke!

[regency]

I wood call that a "code brown" movement. Glad they were able to place some hot lead in the right place(s).

Steve

73 911 T MFI Coupe, Aubergine

[GWN7]

Originally Posted by Joe Bob

So...Canucks take guns when they go fishing?

I do.

12g. pump with a mix of slugs and SSG's.

A .22 for plinking and a 30.06 in case I need to reach out and touch something.

Used to have CIL lures but those need a permit now.....

[Bill Douglas]

I'd make a bearskin rug out of that bear. The sort with the head still on. And when some woman at a cocktail party objects to the cruelty...

[Jagshund]

What, no latch on the outhouse? Barbarians!

[s_morrison57]

Originally Posted by Joe Bob

So...Canucks take guns when they go fishing?

Ya, don't you?

[Joe Bob]

Dynamite.....saves on lost lures.....

[tabs]

I guess the Bear just had enough of that smell and decided to do something about it...

What the fk do U Canucks eat that would drive a Bear to distraction. U Hosers should be more considerate of a Bears olfactory senses.

Now I know that a Bear wouldn't get within miles of me when I take a good one AFTER a Buffet...

[RWebb]

apparently, the bear feels no need to avoid using a public restroom, unlike many

[rusnak]

the second guy is either really lucky or really a great shot under extreme duress.

[Bob Kontak]

Originally Posted by tabs

Now I know that a Bear wouldn't get within miles of me when I take a good one AFTER a Buffet...

That made me laugh out loud.

To hell with the courtesy flush this point forward.

[Venetian]

I wonder if the shooter will be hassled by the RCMP for having an accessible loaded rifle. In Canada ammunition is supposed to be stored separately from the rifle. For that matter the rifle should be in a locked safe.

[recycled sixtie]

Originally Posted by Venetian

I wonder if the shooter will be hassled by the RCMP for having an accessible loaded rifle. In Canada ammunition is supposed to be stored separately from the rifle. For that matter the rifle should be in a locked safe.

The shooter will probably be apprehended by the RCMP, the potty boy gets to visit his savior in jail and the pro nature group will be mourning the death of the bear. Happy days.

I remember about 20 years ago three boys were out fishing in Northern Ontario(Northern Canada) and they caught fish. They were intercepted by a bear and all 3 boys were killed by the bear. Like the above poster suggested, you might have to have a gun when u go fishing in Canada.