By Amy Robinson
An Isabella county man is recovering in a UP hospital today after being attacked by a black bear over the weekend.
Officials say the 49-year old Sheperd man was bear hunting from a tree stand near the village of Trout Lake.
DNR spokesperson Debbie Munson Badini said when a sow with three cubs wandered into the clearing the hunter did the right thing and tried to scare them off.
"The reports I've heard from the field is that the hunter made a loud noise in order to scare the sow and her cubs off when he saw them enter the area he was hunting in. And instead of scaring them off, it seemed to irritate the sow, for some reason, maybe because it's so hot out and we're in a drought condition, who knows, but something about that irritated her enough to go up the tree after him"
Badini said the sow clawed the man's legs. He tried to kick her out of the tree, but when she continued to attack, he shot and killed her
Badini said the cubs with the sow appeared old enough to survive on their own.
The hunter suffered lacerations to his legs and is expected to recover.
An Isabella county man is recovering in a UP hospital today after being attacked by a black bear over the weekend.
Officials say the 49-year old Sheperd man was bear hunting from a tree stand near the village of Trout Lake.
DNR spokesperson Debbie Munson Badini said when a sow with three cubs wandered into the clearing the hunter did the right thing and tried to scare them off.
"The reports I've heard from the field is that the hunter made a loud noise in order to scare the sow and her cubs off when he saw them enter the area he was hunting in. And instead of scaring them off, it seemed to irritate the sow, for some reason, maybe because it's so hot out and we're in a drought condition, who knows, but something about that irritated her enough to go up the tree after him"
Badini said the sow clawed the man's legs. He tried to kick her out of the tree, but when she continued to attack, he shot and killed her
Badini said the cubs with the sow appeared old enough to survive on their own.
The hunter suffered lacerations to his legs and is expected to recover.