I Joined a Horseback Posse to Track Down a Cattle-Eating, Dog-Killing Black Bear

I Joined a Horseback Posse to Track Down a Cattle-Eating, Dog-Killing Black Bear

This story, “Black Bear Posse,” appeared in the December 1963 issue of Outdoor Life. Eight o’clock on a sunny May morning seemed like a strange time to start out after a renegade bear, but I was a tenderfoot on my way to hunt with experts, so I didn’t question the time. We were to meet at the Hatley corral, three miles east of Deary, Idaho. George Hatley owned a fine bear hound named Moon, a bluetick with a voice that wouldn’t quit. Moon would b…