‘This bear ain’t going to get me:’ Bow hunter survives attack in Saskatchewan
SASKATOON — A bow hunter who survived being mauled by a mother black bear after she pulled him out of a tree says he was determined she wasn’t going to get him.
Jeff Haydukewich was hunting for elk and was staged in a tree near Weirdale, Sask., 190 kilometres northeast of Saskatoon, on Labour Day when the mother bear and her three cubs approached his bait pile at the base of his hideout.
His first instinct was to scare the bear away by making noise.
But instead of leaving, the 135-kilogram bear raced up into the tree after him.