Man, that's interesting. I wonder if they just don't feed successfully enough to make it. But then--you folks got some lllonnnggg winters up there. I wonder if our Kodiacs tend to make it through just because our winters are so much shorter.
I talked to an Oregonian timber cutter (old-timer) who had seen about eighteen logging seasons in southern AK. Said he had seen a few dead guys who had got nailed by those pigs, and that they all kept a huge handgun strapped to the front of their chests. He also said that you'd know you were almost dead if you found yourself peering down the gunning sight of your saw to try to hit the lay with a big Sitka, and then suddenly, you smelled something equivalent to fifteen homeless guys standing right behind you... Said he had shot more than one of em'. Granted: guys tell stories, but still...