If A Grizzly Is Attacking You In Yellowstone, It Is Illegal For You To Shoot It
BY Herschel Smith
1 year, 3 months ago
It’s illegal to even so much as point a firearm at a wild animal in Yellowstone Park, so bear spray would be the only allowable defense in case of a bear attack.
While it’s legal to carry firearms both open and concealed in Yellowstone, it’s not legal to brandish, aim or shoot them — at animals, people or even targets.
“It is unlawful to point, display or discharge a firearm in the park,” Park Service spokeswoman Linda Veress told Cowboy State Daily. “If a firearm is discharged against wildlife, we would investigate the incident.”
The penalties of any firearms-related violation in Yellowstone Park would depend upon the outcome of an investigation into the incident, she said.
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Yellowstone allows people to have firearms in their vehicles, and even to carry them on their persons in some places. But people can’t fire them, even for target practice, within the park, according to breakdown of Yellowstone gun regulations published by Outside Magazine.
The Yellowstone firearms rules were established mostly because so many hunters and other firearms owners travel through the park from the gun-friendly states of Wyoming, Montana and Idaho.
But the strict rules against firing the weapons would leave someone carrying a firearm with little legal option, other than perhaps to use it as a club against a bear, moose or other large, angry critter.
The Park Service recommends that people carry bear spray for defense against possible animal attacks in Yellowstone, Veress said. The agency offers information and tips for the proper use of bear spray and how to stay safe in grizzly country.
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I’d certainly like to see this challenged in court. In the mean time, there goes that backpacking trip to Shoshone lake out the window.
On July 16, 2023 at 11:23 pm, Dan said:
To leftists…who control almost ALL of the Federal bureaucracy, any citizen who possesses a firearm is evil. And if they must choose between the life of an animal and the life of that citizen they want that citizen to die, not the animal. Leftists are EVIL. There is no other way to describe them or their ideology.
On July 17, 2023 at 3:06 pm, Paul B said:
Dunno. If I went into Yellowstone I would be carrying and you can bet if threatened I would deal with it. I would also carry a shovel.
On July 18, 2023 at 9:32 pm, Daniel Smith said:
Totally false. You could empty an entire clip onto a grizzly or a mtn lion for that matter as long as it was a justified killing, but you better believe they’re going to investigate it like it was a murder. This author doesn’t know what he’s talking about.
On July 18, 2023 at 9:33 pm, Daniel Smith said:
The difference is you rarely will, if ever, have grizzly attacks In Yellowstone. Damn near every single one of them are collard and certain park rangers jobs are to literally follow them around via gps all day every day. It’s outside of Yellowstone where problems occur