Man Shoots Grizzly On His Front Porch Near Yellowstone

By John Falkenberg

WEST YELLOWSTONE, MT — A man had to fight for his game after a grizzly bear attempted a little breaking-and-entering to get to an elk carcass he had hanging in his garage new West Yellowstone, the Bozeman Daily Chronicle reports.

Apparently, keeping tempting food items secure from bears doesn’t just apply to campsites.

As the Bozeman Daily Chronicle reports:

Andrea Jones, a spokeswoman for Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks, said the incident happened on Sunday evening south of U.S. Highway 287 and near the Grayling Arm of Hebgen Lake. She said an agency investigation determined that the man shot the bear in self-defense.

“We have a pretty clear case of self-defense here,” Jones said. Jones said the bear was a sow grizzly likely more than 15 years old. It broke through a metal door to get into a garage where an elk carcass was hanging.

The homeowner heard noise coming from the garage. He grabbed a gun and went onto the front porch to see what was going on. “There was a bear not 10 paces from him on his porch,” Jones said.

Jones said the man told FWP investigators that the bear turned and began to approach him. He shot the …Read the Rest

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