Deer hunter mauled to death by bear in Alaska, troopers say

An overdue huntsman was recovered dormant aft he was mauled by a carnivore successful Alaska, authorities said.

Tad Fujioka, 50, of Sitka, Alaska, was reported overdue from a cervid hunting travel connected Tuesday evening, nan Alaska State Troopers said successful a dispatch Wednesday. State wildlife troopers and nan U.S. Coast Guard launched aggregate hunt teams to look for Fujioka connected Wednesday greeting successful a distant wooded area.

At astir 11:30 am, Fujioka's remains were recovered and an "investigation revealed he was nan apt unfortunate of a fatal carnivore mauling," troopers said.

Officials said that his assemblage was recovered and his adjacent of kin person been notified.

Authorities person not released immoderate specifications of their investigation aliases what benignant of carnivore was progressive successful nan attack.  Alaska is location to achromatic bears and polar bears but brownish bears -- which see grizzlies -- are nan astir communal successful nan state.

According to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, brownish bears and grizzly bears are some communal names for nan aforesaid species, Ursus arctos, but nan main quality is their geographic location. Brown bears typically unrecorded on nan confederate seashore of nan authorities while grizzlies tin beryllium recovered successful nan bluish and interior parts of nan state. 

Sitka is located connected Baranof Island successful southeastern Alaska, astir 90 miles southwest of Juneau.

In August, authorities said a hunter was earnestly injured successful Alaska aft being mauled by a brownish carnivore and changeable during an effort to fend it off.

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