They Left a Wildlife Officer Tied to a Pine-But the Grizzly Reached for the Rope Instead of His Throat

again, I saw the loop had tightened during the bluff charge. Blood darkened the fur below it.

I opened the main compartment of my pack. Inside were water, gauze, an emergency blanket, flagging tape, and my field notebook.

At the bottom lay the compact cable cutters I carried for illegal snares. I wrapped my hand around them and looked at the wounded continue reading …