Such encounters typically occur on private land or remote areas, far from the public eye. Black Arts Faith Hunter Penguin, Fiction - 336 pages 16 Reviews Reviews aren't verified, but Google checks for and removes fake content when it's identified The New York Times. Hunters and others on Yellowstone’s outskirts kill grizzlies in self-defense or in cases of mistaken identity fairly often - about six times per year, on average, from 2015 to 2020, according to researchers. drey’s thoughts: Jane Yellowrock is a kick-ass, bad-ass, heroine and one of my favorites. The bear had been shot at least four times, the affidavit alleges. Title: Black Arts (Jane Yellowrock 7) Author: Faith Hunter ISBN-13: 9780451465245 ARC: 325 pages Publisher: Roc, 3013 Purchase at IndieBound, Amazon, The Book Depository Source: Penguin. “When Gogerty went up to the bear and saw the bear’s claws, the pads and the head of the bear, he realized it was a grizzly bear,” Crane wrote in the affidavit. He first saw the grizzly about 100 yards (90 meters) off the highway, according to the affidavit filed Thursday in Circuit Court.Īt first, he was confident that the bear he shot at seven times was a black bear because the animal didn’t have a grizzly’s characteristically humped back, he allegedly told Crane, the game warden. Gogerty went hunting on the day the regular black bear hunting season opened in areas west of Cody. Large black bears with brownish coloring, and small grizzly bears with darker coloring, sometimes get mistaken for the other species, however.

She liked horses, dogs, fishing and crabbing much better than girly skills.

A native of Louisiana, she spent her early years on the bayous and rivers, learning survival skills and the womanly arts. He had no listed phone number and no attorney in court records who might comment on his behalf.īlack bears are typically smaller and darker than grizzly bears. Faith Hunter is the New York Times bestselling author of the Jane Yellowrock Novels,as well as the Rogue Mage novels. Gogerty, who is scheduled for an arraignment Friday in Park County Circuit Court, couldn’t be reached for comment.

Black Arts by Faith Hunter