Two elk hunters surprised a female grizzly with two cubs Sunday just north of Dubois. The bear bit one of the hunters on the side, Wyoming Game and Fish Department Regional Wildlife Supervisor Jason Hunter said.
The bow hunters fended off the animal with bear spray before one was treated for minor injuries at a hospital in Lander. Their names were not immediately available.
Hunter said they did everything right by hunting in pairs and carrying bear spray. "The individuals knew what they were doing out there," he said.
In the other attack this month, a bear killed Adam Thomas Stewart, 31, of Virgin, Utah, a researcher whose body was found Sept. 12 in Bridger-Teton National Forest after a five-day search.
The distance between the two attacks was unclear, but Hunter said there was no reason to believe the same bear was involved.
Investigators found signs of black and grizzly bears where Stewart's body was found. They planned to use DNA testing to determine which species was responsible for that attack.
Source: The Associated Press
The word from first responders to the previous attack (death of the researcher up in Togwotee) was that when the researcher was found there were five bears on the body, and they brought home what remained of the man in a bucket. This was either not disclosed or was simply not reported in the local media. Bears are not to be taken lightly.