Posted November 9, 2017 1:30 pm by Comments

By Dean Weingarten

Dean Weingarten

By Dean Weingarten

Off Duty Warden Shoots, Kills, Charging Grizzly

Arizona -(Ammoland.com)- An off duty Wyoming Game Warden, Chris Queen, was hunting elk in the Little Sunlight Basin north of Cody, Wyoming, not far from the Wyoming border.

He was returning to his horses late in the day, about 6:30 in the evening. The sun had set 15 minutes earlier, but there was still considerable light. A grizzly sow bluff charged Chris, then charged him full out.

From ktvh.com:

Queen told investigators he slowly backed away believing the sow would return to her cubs and move on.

But, after returning to her cubs, the sow exhibited even more aggressive behavior.

Suddenly, the animal lowered its head and fully charged.

Queen said he fired his rifle at the charging grizzly, killing it just a few feet from where he stood.

Because Chris is an Game and Fish employee, the Game and Fish department asked the sheriff’s office and the Devision of Criminal Investigation to step in, to prevent even the appearance of a conflict of interest.

It is not unusual for an agency with concurrent jurisdiction, to be asked to assume investigative responsibility for an incident when a member …Read the Rest

Source:: AmmoLand

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