A standard relocation of a grizzly bear into the wild suddenly became a dangerous situation for a photographer and Montana game warden.
Photographer Richard Smith took pictures of the 1987 debacle that left Montana game warden Lou Kis with a fractured and bitten leg, according to Field and Stream.
"I programmed myself to continue holding shutter down to capture whatever action took place," said Smith, who went along with Kis for the trip.
The bear escaped Kis' trap, situated in the back of a pickup truck, after the wildlife official raised the door so the animal could go back into the wilderness, despite there being a dent in the opening.
Bears typically sprint off into the wild as soon as they are let out of their trap, but the one involved this time around gave Kis a run for his money until he was eventually able to kill the furry creature with a .357 magnum handgun.
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Officials had previously sedated the bear after it reportedly killed a cow on an Indian reservation by Kalispell, Mont. Field and Stream reported.
