| 🐓 Montana Teenager Blasts Grizzly Bear in Backyard Encounter. In Huson, Montana, 15-year-old Colton Richardson shot and killed a grizzly bear that charged him in his family’s backyard after it broke into their chicken coop earlier this month. Hearing a commotion out in the yard in the early evening hours, Colten approached the coop and was suddenly confronted by the bear, which came huffing around the corner. |
| Thankfully, Colton was accompanied by his .270 rifle and made a solid first shot, knowing it might be his only chance. The bear fled a short distance before collapsing in a nearby ditch. |
| The family initially believed the intruder was a cinnamon-phase black bear, until they rolled it out and discovered it was a grizzly bear. Upon the discovery, the family contacted Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, which is now investigating with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. |
