An 11-year-old boy killed a bear at point-blank range last Wednesday night after it wouldn’t leave his family’s porch. The boy was at home with his younger sisters and after seeing the bear on the front porch and not being able to get it to leave, the boy retrieved a gun and killed the animal. Fish and Game Conservation Officer Doug Peterson said the black bear had been a problem in the area near the county transfer station, and he and Fish and Game Officer Lauren Wednt had set up a trap earlier in the week. The boy and his family are not in any trouble, and Peterson said he issued them a permit to keep the bear. Usually when a bear is put down by Fish and Game they sell the hide at a state auction, Peterson said...read more
HT: Outdoor Pressroom
1 comment:
The sad thing about this, when the young man takes a bear tooth or claw to school for 'show and tell' he'll be suspended for the 'no tolerance' deadly weapon rule.
A talisman around the neck will be plumb out of the question.
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