(BOZEMAN) – The Montana FWP reminds listeners that even though the weather is cooling, bears are still active around the state and with so many hunters in the field, encounters can be more common.
Recently in southwest Montana, in separate incidents, two hunters encountered grizzly bears while in the field.
In late October, a hunter on Landon Ridge in the south end of the Gravelly Mountains was hunting in thick cover. A bear charged him from close range, and he fired one shot from his hunting rifle, and the bear ran off.
On Nov. 1, a hunter in the north fork of Wolf Creek in the Madison Valley was charged by a bear from close range. He fired his rifle to deter the attack, and the bear ran off.
Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks reminds hunters and the general public to be bear aware this fall.
