Wyoming hunter who allegedly killed a grizzly bear near Yellowstone faces a year behind bars
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A black bear hunter in Wyoming was charged with killing a grizzly bear outside Yellowstone National Park. The man claimed he mistook the federally protected species for a black bear.
Patrick M. Gogerty, of Cody, turned himself in early the next morning, Wyoming Game and Fish Department game warden Travis Crane wrote in an affidavit filed in Park County Circuit Court.
By then, rumors about the dead bear were circulating far and wide.
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