15-year-old charged by grizzly shoots, kills bear in his backyard

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HUSON — Earlier this week, a tip was sent that a grizzly bear was shot and killed near Frenchtown.

MTN found out a 15-year-old was charged by a bear after it broke into his family’s chicken coop. The teen says he shot and killed it in self-defense.

"My wife heard the hounds barking, so she snuck around down on the driveway to take a quick peek and didn't notice anything," Rory Richardson said, describing the morning of the bear encounter. "Well, about 20 minutes after getting to work, she heard — got a message from the neighbor stating a black bear was coming up their driveway carrying a white chicken or duck in its mouth."

The family heard the chickens making noise later in the evening. Unsure what was going on, they went to check it out. The bear came back for seconds.

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