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Hunter killed by grizzly bear by Duane Williams, KLCB-KTNY Radio Original post September 16, 2011 | Updated September 18, 2011 Update: Sunday, September 18, 2011: A hunting party from Winnemucca, Nevada, consisting of four adults, had entered the Buckhorn Mountain hunting area from the Idaho side of the Montana/Idaho state line, and split into pairs. One pair of hunters, Steve Stevenson, age 39, and Ty Bell, age 20, encountered a bear that they misidentified as a black bear. Bell shot and wounded the bear. The bear was in actuality a young boar grizzly bear. They tracked the bear into an area of heavy cover where Stevenson was attacked by the wounded grizzly bear. Bell was able to shoot the bear multiple times, eventually killing it. _____________________________ Original post: Friday, September 16, 2011: An adult, male hunter was confirmed killed by a grizzly bear Friday morning near the Montana state line, according to the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office. Another hunter shot and killed the bear. The attack was reported shortly after 11 a.m. Mountain Time in the area of the Buckhorn Trail on the Montana-Idaho Border about 15 miles northeast of Moyie Springs. Lincoln County Deputies, David Thompson Search & Rescue, Montana Fish & Game Officers, and Officers from the US Forest Service along with Idaho authorities responded. An investigation into the incident is being conducted by Lincoln County Sheriff's Office, Boundary County Sheriff's Office and the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks. The victim reportedly was not a Boundary County resident. His name is being withheld pending notification of family _____________________________________________ Story by Duane Williams, KLCB-KTNY Radio, www.todaysbestcountryonline.com e-mail: klcb@frontiernet.net.

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