http://pix11.com Report: A hunter camping in central Idaho woke up when a black bear started biting his head, and he couldn’t get medical care for three days because he was in such a remote wilderness area. Idaho Fish and Game officials said in a statement Wednesday that 29-year-old Stephen Vouch of Boise had been hunting bighorn sheep with friends and awoke to the attack at 2 a.m. Friday, which was the 14th day of a 16-day trip, the Idaho Press-Tribune reported.
Vouch and his childhood friends went to bed around 10:30 p.m. after rafting, he told the Tribune. He was lying under a tarp and felt the bear’s teeth dig into his head. When he awoke, the bear was “huffing and puffing” over him.
Vouch yelled, which startled the bear. One of his friends shot the young male bear with a .45-caliber handgun. Vouch then shot and killed the wounded 5-foot, 6-inch bear when it climbed a tree.
Vouch received first aid, then the hunting group rafted downstream before flying out of the rugged Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness on Sunday.
He was treated Monday at a hospital for cuts to his head and released.
“It’s a very humbling situation, and I feel really lucky,” Vouch told the Idaho Press-Tribune.
Vouch and his friends had the appropriate licenses to hunt bears, the Tribune report. Continue reading – http://pix11.com/2015/10/10/sleeping-hunter-wakes-up-to-black-bear-biting-his-head-in-central-idaho/