{"id":76325,"date":"2017-07-06T12:30:59","date_gmt":"2017-07-06T16:30:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/?p=76325"},"modified":"2017-07-06T12:30:59","modified_gmt":"2023-08-21T03:12:31","slug":"11-year-old-alaska-boy-saves-family-bear-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/11-year-old-alaska-boy-saves-family-bear-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"11-Year-Old Alaska Boy Saves Family from Bear Attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_76327\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/clark.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"11-year-old-alaska-boy-saves-family-bear-attack\" title=\"11-Year-Old Alaska Boy Saves Family from Bear Attack\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-76327\" title=\"11-Year-Old Alaska Boy Saves Family from Bear Attack\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-76327\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/clark-400x267.jpg\" alt=\"11-Year-Old Alaska Boy Saves Family from Bear Attack\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/clark-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/clark-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/clark.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-76327\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eliot Clark and his family. (<em>Photo: Juneau Empire<\/em>)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Eliot Clark and his family had seen the brown bear a few days earlier, so they decided to carry firearms for protection when they went fishing several miles south of Hoonah, Alaska.<\/p>\n<p>That decision\u2014combined with Clark\u2019s bravery and quick shooting\u2014likely saved their lives.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/juneauempire.com\/news\/2017-06-30\/armed-11-year-old-boy-saves-fishing-party-charging-bear\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"11-year-old-alaska-boy-saves-family-bear-attack\" title=\"11-Year-Old Alaska Boy Saves Family from Bear Attack\">Juneau Empire<\/a> reported last week that Clark had joined his uncle, his uncle\u2019s father, and a cousin on a June 18 fishing trip when the incident occurred.<\/p>\n<p>The party was walking single-file through the woods, led by Clark\u2019s uncle who had a rifle slung over his shoulder. Clark, who was third in line, was also armed with a pump-action shotgun, though he had yet to install a sling and was carrying it in his hands.<\/p>\n<p>When the bear charged, Clark\u2019s uncle was unable to shoulder his rifle in time to fire a shot. The bear knocked the two adults to the ground and continued charging at 11-year-old Clark and his unarmed cousin.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere was four of them in a line \u2026 my son was third,\u201d Lucas Clark, Eliot Clark\u2019s father, told the Empire. \u201cThe bear came down the trail at them, fella in the front, who was his uncle, the bear was on him so quickly that he didn\u2019t have time to take his rifle off his shoulder.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Clark\u2019s father was not present at the incident, but his story coincides with the report from the Alaska State Troopers, according to the Empire.<\/p>\n<p>Eliot Clark shouldered his shotgun and fired a round of birdshot into the bear\u2019s shoulder.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat first shot hit him in the shoulder and did absolutely nothing,\u201d Lucas Clark said.<\/p>\n<p>But the gun was loaded with slugs after the first round of birdshot, and the next two shots had a greater effect.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe next shot hit him in the nose and traveled down through the neck,\u201d Lucas Clark said.<\/p>\n<p>The third shot went into the bear\u2019s shoulder and down its back, dropping it to the ground at Eliot Clark\u2019s feet. The fourth shot finally killed it.<\/p>\n<p>Eliot Clark\u2019s father attributed his son\u2019s heroic actions to lots of shooting practice and the lack of a sling.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was carrying [the shotgun] in his hands rather than on his shoulder. That was the problem with the other ones, when the bear came at his uncle, he had his rifle on his shoulder and the bear was very close, so he couldn\u2019t get it off in time,\u201d Lucas Clark said.<\/p>\n<p>But the boy\u2019s father also told the Empire that no amount of gun handling and preparedness can guarantee a good outcome.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not just a matter of skill or preparedness. It can happen to anybody and it can go wrongly, especially a kid,\u201d Lucas Clark said. \u201cWe pray for our kids every day and in my mind that\u2019s the biggest factor right there.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>That decision\u2014combined with Clark\u2019s bravery and quick shooting\u2014likely saved their lives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":76327,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_specdata_upc":"","_specdata_placement":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7,593],"tags":[132,291,607],"featured":[],"hunt365":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-76325","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-gunsamerica-authors","8":"category-jordan-michaels","9":"tag-buzz","10":"tag-dgu","11":"tag-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - 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