lil_freak_66
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hunter accidentally kills partner during bear attack.
http://news.yahoo.com/hunting-partner-killed-nevada-man-during-grizzly-attack-024642266.html
SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - An autopsy shows that a Nevada man believed to have been fatally mauled by a grizzly bear in northwestern Montana was instead shot and killed by his hunting partner, authorities said Friday.
Steve Stevenson, 39, of Winnemucca, Nevada, was mauled on September 16 by a grizzly bear that had just been shot and wounded by Stevenson's friend, Ty Bell, 20, also of Winnemucca. Bell opened fire on the bear again when it turned on his buddy.
"In attempt to stop the grizzly bear's attack on Stevenson, hunting partner Ty Bell shot the bear multiple times. One of those rounds struck Stevenson in the chest," Lincoln County, Montana, Undersheriff Brent Faulkner said in a statement.
personally, i think the hunting partner should see criminal charges for his actions. if your hunting black bear, and you shoot a grizzly instead...and kill your friend in the process...i see alot of criminal negligence. Now i can see where you accidentally hit your friend because you hit the bear and the round goes through the bear and into your buddy under him..it most likely would have been entirely avoidable had he shot an animal he was licensed to kill, rather than a juvenile non game animal he was stalking using a non traditional tactic.
http://news.yahoo.com/hunting-partner-killed-nevada-man-during-grizzly-attack-024642266.html
SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - An autopsy shows that a Nevada man believed to have been fatally mauled by a grizzly bear in northwestern Montana was instead shot and killed by his hunting partner, authorities said Friday.
Steve Stevenson, 39, of Winnemucca, Nevada, was mauled on September 16 by a grizzly bear that had just been shot and wounded by Stevenson's friend, Ty Bell, 20, also of Winnemucca. Bell opened fire on the bear again when it turned on his buddy.
"In attempt to stop the grizzly bear's attack on Stevenson, hunting partner Ty Bell shot the bear multiple times. One of those rounds struck Stevenson in the chest," Lincoln County, Montana, Undersheriff Brent Faulkner said in a statement.
personally, i think the hunting partner should see criminal charges for his actions. if your hunting black bear, and you shoot a grizzly instead...and kill your friend in the process...i see alot of criminal negligence. Now i can see where you accidentally hit your friend because you hit the bear and the round goes through the bear and into your buddy under him..it most likely would have been entirely avoidable had he shot an animal he was licensed to kill, rather than a juvenile non game animal he was stalking using a non traditional tactic.
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