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A hunter killed a grizzly bear after being attacked in the northern end of the Wind River Mountains on Sept. 26. 

Landon Clement, a 31-year-old marathon runner and outdoorsman from Georgia, was elk hunting in the Upper Green area, a quarter mile from Crow Creek. According to Pinedale Roundup reporting, the sow and her two cubs approached Clement and the sow attacked him, even as he fired his gun to scare her. She pinned Clement to the ground and he tried to shoot, but his gun jammed. The bear then sunk her teeth about three inches into Clement’s leg. He managed to unjam his gun and fatally shoot the bear while she was on top of him.

Clement was treated at the Pinedale Medical Clinic later that day and reportedly will be OK.

This is the third grizzly incident in the Mountain West region this hunting season. Two other bears were killed in self defense in Idaho and Montana.

The Bridger Teton National Forest Service (BTNF) recently released grizzly bear guidance on recreating in western Wyoming this fall. The agency said the chance for bear encounters in the fall increases partly because “as bears prepare for hibernation, they begin foraging around the clock to take in as many calories as possible. This time of year, berries are often an important part of their diet.”

While recreating, the BTNF recommends controlling pets, staying in groups, making noise and having bear spray readily available.

This gets trickier with hunting though, a sport where one intentionally is quiet and often not in groups. The BTNF suggested staying within sight of hunting partners, learning bear signs, avoiding areas with bear-food sources, and to keep in mind that the presence of ravens and scavengers often means carcasses and/or gut-piles that could attract bears.