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The hunter becomes the hunted: ‘Dead’ bear shot with a rifle springs up and attacks its would-be killer

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Black bears number about 30,000 in Oregon and are the most common bear in North America.

  • Alex Machavo, 22, was attacked and bitten repeatedly by a bear after shooting it
  • Machavo and the animal fought downhill
  • The hunter’s injuries did not appear to be life-threatening.


A hunter was brutally mauled after a missed shot failed to kill a bear.

Alex Machavo, of Medford, Oregon, was attacked by the injured animal near Shady Cove on Thursday.

According to Andrea Carlson, a local sheriff’s spokesperson, tThe hunter and his wounded target rolled down a 50-foot embankment and the bear bit the 22-year-old Machavo to the core.

Black bears number about 30,000 in Oregon and are the most common bear in North America.

A second hunter, Nathan Shinn, 24, of Phoenix, Oregon, was eventually able to shoot and kill the wounded animal.

Responding officers found Machavo on a logging road and rushed him to a Medford hospital.

Machavo’s condition was not available, but Carlson says his injuries did not appear to be life-threatening.

Shinn was unharmed. Carlson says the hunters had a tag that allowed them to shoot the bear legally.

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