Went fishing for Kings this afternoon with my neighbor. We drove to the Chena Dam and put the boat in. About two miles as the crow flies from my house. We went down river about two miles and anchored in a big hole. We'd been sitting there for about 45 minutes when a cow moose came running out of the willows. There was a baby right behind her. The cow ran stright into the river and started across, the baby hesitated at the waters edge. A small Grizzly came out of the brush grabbed the baby moose by the neck, gave it two hard shakes. The baby went limp, it was dead, broken neck. The cow turned back and charged the bear. The bear started running down the bank. Since they were coming in our direction, and the river was only about knee to waist deep, I cut the anchor line, while Norm was trying to start the boat. We went down river quick.
After we went around the first bend Norm turned around and eased back to here we could see. The cow was standing over the baby, while the bear sat staring at her. After about 10 minutes the bear charged the cow and she ran back into the river. The bear grabbed the baby and drug it into the brush, out of sight. The cow paced up and down the bank for about an hour then crossed the river and left. We came back up the river full speed, went straight to the landing and went home. We'll go back tomorrow for the anchor, maybe. Did not catch any Kings. This was not the same Grizzly I saw in my back yard.
