My son-in-law grew up in Haines, and he said that standard policy for any family outings into brush (for things like berry picking) was to have one person standing ready with a 45-70. For handguns they carried .44 mag.
It sounds like he got away as well as could be expected - reloaded his gun, remembered to grab his fishing pole, flipped his scalp back topside and drove to town. Cool customer...
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