A beanbag round fired by a Stillwater County Sheriff’s deputy killed a 60-pound black bear when the projectile struck the bear in the head. The bear had been repeatedly seen getting food from campers in Itch-Kep-Pe Park near Columbus. The deputy was attempting to scare the bear out of the park Tuesday night when his shot struck it in the head. Beanbag rounds — inch-square fabric pillows containing lead shotgun pellets — are used by wildlife officials to scare bears and other animals and are also used by police as nonlethal rounds, although they have caused several deaths. Bear problems have been common this fall in Stillwater County, said Paul Leupke, Fish, Wildlife and Parks game warden in Columbus. He has investigated reports of at least three bears in Reed Point, a pair of black bears in the Countryman Creek subdivision southwest of Columbus and a bear near homes along Shane Creek east of Absarokee. In each instance, Leupke said, the bears are near houses because they have found garbage, food scraps or other attractants...more
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