MISSOULA — A Charlo man who admitted to illegally killing a grizzly bear in 2018 was ordered to pay $5,000 restitution and sentenced to two years of federal probation, according to U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich .
The man admitted he shot the grizzly bear from his vehicle and knew it was a grizzly before taking the shot. The man then used a front-end loader to pick up the grizzly and drop it in a bone pile. Biologist then recovered the bears tracking collar, despite the man’s efforts to hide it.
Once caught, the man, Kevin Moll acknowledged he knew grizzlies were protected before pulling the trigger, and that he did not have a permit from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to kill the grizzly bear.
