AMBUSHED HUNTER KILLS CRAZED BEAR WITH A HANDGUN!

Saves himself & fallen pal

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AS A bellowing brown bear barreled toward Tyce Erickson on Alaska’s Kodiak Island, the gutsy gunman downed the 1,000-pound beast with a pistol from just 12 feet away — narrowly preventing the brutal bruin from mauling him and his pal!

The woodsman was on his second to last day of a twoweek licensed hunt when he spotted the colossal critter and attempted to creep closer to its lair. But as the ferocious carnivore hightailed it 50 feet in the distance, Erickson grabbed a friend’s rifle and squeezed off two shots!

The experienced outdoorsman knew he’d hit his mark — but the burly bear disappeared, leaving a bloody trail behind.