Alaska field notes, v4411
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out afterwards that the bear was evidently in great pain from the wound in the shoulder and had been lying on his side with his feet in the air and what Hasselborg thought was his head was only a big hairy hind foot as it had been nearly shot off when he came to skin the bear. The bear went about a quarter of a mile before he laid down again and Hasselborg could not see him at all for the thick brush but could tell about where the bear was by seeing the tops of the alders tremble as the bear gosped for breath. Hasselborg got up on an old dead tree trunks to get a better look and just then the bear saw him and charged with a roar. Hasselborg shot. The bullet went thru the bears cheek and into his neck. Another shot probe the bear's neck but it was fully 15 minutes before he quit's quivering and pulsation ceased. Five bullets had struck him. The gun was a 32 winchester Special, which is