Montana hunters have two ‘close range’ encounters with grizzly bears

Hunters fire handguns, deploy bear spray in separate grizzly encounters near Big Sky

BIG SKY - Three archery hunters are uninjured after a pair of recent encounters with grizzly bears in the Taylor Fork, south of Big Sky.Two hunters were hunting in the vicinity of a known elk carcass when they saw a grizzly bear on Sept 29. To make their presence known, the hunters yelled at the bear. The bear reportedly came toward the hunters, and they each fired once with handguns. Both the bear and the hunters left the site without further i…

Montana hunters have two ‘close range’ encounters with grizzly bears

Three hunters were left unhurt after two scary encounters with grizzly bears in the Taylor Fork area near Big Sky.