Hunter mauled by grizzly bear west of Calgary

Amir Said · CBC News

· Posted: Oct 30, 2025 7:51 PM EDT | Last Updated: October 31

A huntsman was mauled by a grizzly carnivore southbound of Cochrane, Alta., Thursday afternoon, according to Alberta Fish and Wildlife.

"The carnivore progressive successful the onslaught was changeable by the survivor's hunting spouse and is believed to beryllium deceased," said provincial spokesperson Sheena Campbell successful a statement. "A 2nd bear, property unknown, fled the country aft the encounter."

STARS aerial ambulance told CBC News a antheral successful his 30s had been airlifted from the Springbank area, located westbound of Calgary.

The aerial ambulance work didn't corroborate the man's condition, though Alberta Fish and Wildlife said helium survived.

On Friday, EMS said the antheral was present successful non-life-threatening condition, but that helium was successful superior information erstwhile helium was taken to hospital.

Grizzly attacks connected hunters hap excessively often, carnivore information adept says

"We spot this each hunting season," Bear Safety and More laminitis Kim Titchener said.

"Every hunting season, either present successful Canada oregon the U.S., we person aggregate cases of radical getting mauled portion hunting."

Earlier this month, an elk huntsman fought disconnected a grizzly carnivore that attacked him successful B.C.'s East Kootenay region. He succumbed to his injuries weeks aft the attack.

"We request to alteration our behaviours and effort to bash the champion we tin to marque it arsenic harmless arsenic imaginable erstwhile we're retired either hunting oregon biking oregon way moving oregon going camping with our friends and family," Titchener said.

She said hunters determination done the wilderness incredibly quietly, which whitethorn beryllium 1 origin down astonishment carnivore encounters.

"It is communal to accidentally telephone successful a carnivore erstwhile you're making noises that dependable similar a prey species," she said. "It's going to gully them in."

Bears are expected to spell into hibernation successful the coming weeks, but are inactive progressive connected the landscape.

"Grizzly bears are inactive trying to find what's near retired determination of vegetation to provender on," Titchener said. "They're inactive trying to fatten up for winter."

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The mauling's adjacent proximity to Calgary is not unheard of, Titchener said. She pointed to 2 fatal carnivore attacks successful Mountain View County, northwest of the city.

"Historically, grizzly bears did scope crossed Alberta and the prairie environment," she said. "It's carnivore country, and successful immoderate cases bears are moving backmost into situation that they erstwhile lived in."

Alberta Fish and Wildlife did not corroborate immoderate details astir the 2nd carnivore that fled the scene, though Titchener said the 2 bears were astir apt a mother-cub pair.

"Fish and Wildlife officers volition beryllium collecting DNA samples from the subsister to corroborate the carnivore changeable successful the brushwood was the attacking bear," Campbell said successful her statement.