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RANKIN INLET - One of the grizzly bears blamed for damaging cabins around Rankin Inlet met its end last week.

Local hunter Savik Ataaq Kownuk shot it on Sept. 6.

"We went out caribou hunting about 40 km away from here and one of my buddies' Hondas broke down so we had to turn back," he said. "There's this spot where hunters stop to have tea, take out their binoculars. One of my buddies... started looking around. He yelled out 'look at that grizzly bear.'"

Kownuk ran to his ATV and untied his rifle and the group chased the bear into the nearby river where it was shot.

"That's actually the first time I've seen a grizzly bear but the adrenaline wasn't as much as with a polar bear," Kownuk said.

Kownuk said he and his friends had noticed a number of cabins with recent damage nearby. He said he plans to sell the hide once he gets a tag.