MT: Grizzly bear attacks hunter south of Big Sky

MT: Grizzly bear attacks hunter south of Big Sky

Grizzly bear attacks hunter south of Big Sky

09/09/2023

Gallatin County Sheriff Search and Rescue released new information regarding a grizzly bear attack near Big Sky Friday afternoon.

Madison County Dispatch received a call at 1:47 p.m. that a grizzly bear attacked a person in a hunting party who was tracking a deer near the Yellow Mule Trail.

Madison County officials asked Gallatin County for aid due to the location.

Volunteers from the Big Sky Section of Gallatin County Sheriff Search and Rescue and Heli Team, along with four other agencies, responded to the incident.

Search and Rescue crews and law enforcement officials arrived on scene and moved the patient to the Life Flight Helicopter for transport to Bozeman Health Deaconess Regional Medical Center.

Officials report the Yellow Mule Trails and the Buck Ridge Trail are closed to the public.

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