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Feb 23, 2024 · In a state ‘without’ grizzlies, outfitter and bowhunter Ed Wiseman was charged and severely mauled by an enraged 400-pound grizzly in 1980. His only defense was an arrow. By Ed Wiseman. Updated on Feb 23, 2024 10:34 AM EST. 19 minute read. Outdoor Life.
Sep 23, 2019 · On Monday, 40 years ago, Ed Wiseman killed the last known grizzly bear in Colorado. “It still amazes me the attack fascinates people,” Wiseman told The Durango Herald in an interview over the...
Sep 15, 2022 · 15. 528 views 1 year ago. Ed Wiseman talks about the grizzly bear attack in Colorado in September 1979. Deb Carpenter-Nolting, author of the book "Grizzly Attack in Colorado: The Ed Wiseman...
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In September 1979, Ed Wiseman, a Colorado hunting guide, crossed paths with a grizzly bear during an expedition near the headwaters of the Navajo River. Wiseman was attacked and mauled, but while he was down he managed to fatally wound the bear by hand using an arrow.
Sep 23, 2019 · It opens as Ed Wiseman — mountain man and native Coloradan — hunts for elk in a pine forest near the headwaters of the Navajo River in the San Juan Wilderness about 60 miles south of Del Norte. He hears rustling. And turns to see Colorado’s last grizzly rushing toward him. He’s surprised, which makes sense.
Sep 21, 2019 · On Sept. 23, 1979, Colorado native Ed Wiseman was attacked by a grizzly in the San Juan Wilderness. With his bare hands and an arrow, he killed the grizzly. He
Jul 1, 2022 · The story of Colorado’s last ever grizzly bear is one so suspenseful it seems more fit for the movies than real life. However, for Ed Wiseman, this frightening event was reality. This story begins in 1979. Sept. 23, 1979, to be exact – the last day of bow hunting season for elk.
