Catch me if you can

Editor's Note: The Montana Highway Patrol Trooper in Parker's column last week was not Malta's MHP Trooper Dan Ohl.

I thought grizzly bear encounters were a thing of my past. Now I’m not so sure.

A pheasant hunter killed one last weekend.

Since giving up hunting elk in the mountains around Yellowstone Park and devoting my time instead to chasing dogs across the prairie in pursuit of flying targets, I figured there was little chance the bears would finally get me.

Oh, they came close a few times. I’ve been woofed at, stared down, and treed, but never been caught and chewed on.

It’s b...