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OR Man Grabs Shotgun, Kills Bear in House
Grants Pass, Ore., man grabs shotgun, kills bear that climbed in through window
GRANTS PASS, Ore. July 29, 2009 (AP)
Everett Skinner and his family have started keeping their windows closed at night after a bear broke into their southwest Oregon home and he fatally shot it.
The bear ripped off a window screen and climbed into their den Saturday night, Skinner said.
Skinner's daughter Nicole awoke at about 11:30 p.m. to a strange shuffling sound and was the first to spot the bruin. She quickly retreated to her parents' room to get help.
Everett Skinner grabbed his shotgun and went to the den, where he and the bear saw each other at about the same time. He said the animal stood up and headed toward him, so he fired.
"It didn't even faze him," Skinner said. In all, he fired his shotgun four times, killing the animal.
Skinner said he tried to donate the carcass to a wildlife rehabilitation center that takes road-killed deer, but apparently none of the animals there eat bear meat. Eventually, he used his tractor to bury the bear.
The Skinners say they don't know why the bear invaded their home, about eight miles from Grants Pass.
"In hindsight, you start thinking of all that could have gone wrong," Nicole Skinner said. "We were very blessed that this didn't go badly."
Family members have done what they can to clean up the den, but Skinner says they're probably going to have to replace the carpet because of the "rather bloody mess."
And they won't be sleeping with the windows open anymore.
My neighbor's son is married to this guy's daughter, and helped remove the bear from the house. He said it was only about 250 lbs., but it took three rounds of 00 Buck to put it down, with a fourth for good measure. The first shot was fired with the bear standing up on it's hind legs, and the muzzle of the shotgun about four feet away!
I guess the moral of the story is: they shouldn't have been sleeping with the windows open in the first place.
OR Man Grabs Shotgun, Kills Bear in House
Grants Pass, Ore., man grabs shotgun, kills bear that climbed in through window
GRANTS PASS, Ore. July 29, 2009 (AP)
Everett Skinner and his family have started keeping their windows closed at night after a bear broke into their southwest Oregon home and he fatally shot it.
The bear ripped off a window screen and climbed into their den Saturday night, Skinner said.
Skinner's daughter Nicole awoke at about 11:30 p.m. to a strange shuffling sound and was the first to spot the bruin. She quickly retreated to her parents' room to get help.
Everett Skinner grabbed his shotgun and went to the den, where he and the bear saw each other at about the same time. He said the animal stood up and headed toward him, so he fired.
"It didn't even faze him," Skinner said. In all, he fired his shotgun four times, killing the animal.
Skinner said he tried to donate the carcass to a wildlife rehabilitation center that takes road-killed deer, but apparently none of the animals there eat bear meat. Eventually, he used his tractor to bury the bear.
The Skinners say they don't know why the bear invaded their home, about eight miles from Grants Pass.
"In hindsight, you start thinking of all that could have gone wrong," Nicole Skinner said. "We were very blessed that this didn't go badly."
Family members have done what they can to clean up the den, but Skinner says they're probably going to have to replace the carpet because of the "rather bloody mess."
And they won't be sleeping with the windows open anymore.
My neighbor's son is married to this guy's daughter, and helped remove the bear from the house. He said it was only about 250 lbs., but it took three rounds of 00 Buck to put it down, with a fourth for good measure. The first shot was fired with the bear standing up on it's hind legs, and the muzzle of the shotgun about four feet away!
I guess the moral of the story is: they shouldn't have been sleeping with the windows open in the first place.
That week averaged 100 to 110 degrees around there - that was the hottest week the PNW has seen in modern human habitation. It was unbearable. Ask any of us who were there.