The men from Whitefish were scouting for hunting season in the woods near the Smokey Range Trailhead in the Flathead National Forest on Saturday when they encountered the full-grown grizzly and her cub.
Hunters shot a mother grizzly bear dead in self-defense after an unintentional surprise encounter startled the animal. Another hunter was injured in a misfire during the ordeal in Montana. Read more here.
Two Montana men killed a mama grizzly bear in self-defense after they surprised it and a cub while scouting near the Smokey Range Trailhead in the Flathead National Forest.
A hunter has been shot by his companion while attempting to kill a grizzly bear that had charged at them. While hunting Smokey Range Trailhead off Canyon…