A black bear hunter accidently killed a grizzly. Are hunters educated well enough?
In the last twenty years, black bear hunters have mistakenly killed six grizzlies just in Park County, Wyoming.
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In the last twenty years, black bear hunters have mistakenly killed six grizzlies just in Park County, Wyoming.
When a grizzly was shot and killed on the North Fork of the Shoshone Forest on May 1, this year, Cody wildlife photographer Amy Gerber saw the carcass about thirty yards off the highway that same day. She said she spoke to regional and national news outlets about it. She didn’t know why someone would shoot the 530-pound bear.
According to Crane’s affidavit, Gogerty said he was confident the grizzly was a black bear because he couldn’t see a hump on its back, and told Crane he shot at the bear seven times.
According to Crane’s affidavit, Gogerty said he was confident the grizzly was a black bear because he couldn’t see a hump on its back, and told Crane he shot at the bear seven times.
A Wyoming man who turned himself in a day after shooting a grizzly bear he said he mistook as a black bear was arraigned Friday.