Alaska Deer Hunter Been Found Dead in Apparent Brown Bear Mauling, Officials Say

Alaska Deer Hunter Been Found Dead in Apparent Brown Bear Mauling, Officials Say
A bear in a file photo. C. Cravatta/National Park Service via AP
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska—A 50-year-old hunter has been found dead in an apparent brown bear mauling on an island in southeastern Alaska, authorities said Thursday.

Tad Fujioka, of Sitka, was reported overdue Tuesday evening after not returning from a solo daylong hunting trip on heavily forested Baranof Island, Alaska State Troopers said.