GRIZZLY KILLS ANTLER HUNTER!
A DAY after he left to go hiking with a pal in the Montana wilds, 40-year-old Craig Clouatre was found torn apart by a grizzly bear.
Clouatre, a married dad of four from Livingston, Mont., was searching for valuable antlers shed by deer and elk in the Absaroka Mountains, north of Yellowstone National Park, when he died. Elk antlers sell for about $16 a pound and can weigh up to 20 pounds for just one side.
A massive search began when the outdoorsman failed to meet a friend at a pre-designated wilderness rendezvous. Helicopters using thermal imaging discovered his remains on March 25.
Lawmen believe he was ambushed by a hungry grizzly.
Equipped with razor-sharp claws and teeth, female bruins range from 290 to 400 pounds while males are gigantic and can weigh a monstrous 600 pounds.
“It appears he had an encounter with a grizzly and unfortunately did not survive,” says Sheriff Brad Bichler.