News; US News; Bears; 80-year-old man jailed for killing bear, cutting off its paws to hide evidence One north-western Montana man cut off a bear's claws and removed its ear tag, hiding them in a ...

Pearson also cut paws, ear tags and an identifying lip tattoo from the bear carcass. Pearson then concealed the bear’s claws and an ear tag in a hollowed-out tree on National Forest System land ...