Quote Originally Posted by Bowtie View Post
I guy shot a bear in Downtown Steamboat in 2009.

Nightwalker, who was sentenced Wednesday morning in Routt County Court, reached a plea agreement stipulating that he pay $1,100 in fines plus surcharges, spend a year on unsupervised probation and perform 56 hours of community service. The plea agreement stipulated that a six-month jail sentence would be suspended.
Nightwalker shot a bear July 20 in the alley outside his Eighth Street home.
He originally was charged with three misdemeanors: waste of wildlife, for not taking the bear into his possession, a charge normally associated with hunting; reckless endangerment, for discharging a firearm in public; and disorderly conduct, which prohibits anyone but peace officers from discharging firearms in public unless they are lawfully engaging in target practice or are hunting.
Nightwalker pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor charges of disorderly conduct and hunting in a careless manner. At the end of the hearing, Routt County Judge James Garrecht acknowledged the statewide notoriety the case received.

He shot it with a Rifle in the head.

The Bear has to be threatening humans,livestock or, property. Your trash must be in a bear proof container
I heard of a similar story about a guy in Jefferson County: neighbor called him for help as bear in house, he drove down and shot at it as bear exiting house, just as DOW and police arrived. They charged him with everything they could. The rumor I heard was that most of charges dismissed in court.

I wouldn't risk it without some sign on you that the bear attacked you: bite or claw marks.