Ryan Beierman told The Minnesota Star Tribune the bear pierced its fangs into his forehead during the attack. He had to get 23 stitches.

A father-son hunting trip in Wisconsin could have become deadly without the quick thinking of 12-year-old Ryan Beierman, who saved his father's life from a black bear attack.

A dad is calling his 12-year-old son a hero after the boy saved his life during a black bear attack while on a hunting trip in Burnett County, Wis.