When the knife penetrated the bear, his howling cry brought the parent back to the scene of the action. Later, the bear died, and fell from the tree. Seeing this, the other bears disappeared quickly into the forest.

Daniel knew that the snout was valuable at that time, and that he could get two dollars for it, as well as a substantial sum for the pelt. He and Tom dragged the carcass to a road at the end of Greenvale where they tied it to a pole and carried it home. Strange to say, the other bears never followed them.

William McGowan from Gowan Brae paid the Government bonus for the snout. Bonuses were paid to encourage the elimination of the bear family on the island. The pelt was later sold in Souris.

Needless to say, the money received from that pelt would be worth as much at that time, as a winning ticket in the Atlantic Lottery today.