ASHTON, ID – Two southern Idaho males have been sentenced after unlawfully killing a grizzly bear in Freemont County again on March 16, 2021, in keeping with the Idaho Fish and Recreation. Jared and Rex Baum, each of Ashton, ID have been sentenced this April.
As a part of a plea deal, Jared Baum pleaded responsible to a felony and was sentenced to 30 consecutive days within the Fremont County jail, three years of probation, two years fastened, and three years indeterminate sentence suspended, $2,500 in fines plus court docket prices, $10,000 in civil penalties, and a lifetime looking revocation.
Rex Baum pleaded responsible to a misdemeanor and was sentenced to a 180 days jail, 177 suspended, 3 days to serve within the Fremont County jail, $1,000 in fines plus court docket prices, $400 civil penalty, and a ten 12 months looking revocation. Moreover Jared Baum’s looking license might be revoked for all times, and Rex Baum’s looking license might be revoked for 10 years in all 48 member states.
The lifeless grizzly sow shot by Jared and Rex Baum was initially found on April 9, 2021 after Fish and Recreation Officers and employees accompanied by a Fremont County Deputy responded to a mortality sign emanating from the radio collar of a analysis grizzly bear.
The sign from the collar led investigators to a location on the Little Heat River in Fremont County the place they found the bear’s carcass half submerged within the water. Preliminary examination decided that bear had not died of pure causes and a bullet was retrieved from the rib cage.
The bear’s carcass was then eliminated for additional examination the place x-rays of the sow grizzly’s stays revealed 12 bullets and one bullet fragment. Fish and Recreation employees additionally visited the sow’s recognized den website the place they found a deceased male grizzly cub that perished because of the sow’s failure to return.
On November 8, 2021 Fish and Recreation Officers interviewed Jared Baum at his residence the place he admitted to capturing the bear, however mentioned it was a case of mistaken id, and that he thought it was a black bear, though no black bear season was open within the space on the time. Jared then informed officers that he had tracked the bear and thought he had shot it 40 occasions because it was working downstream in direction of the Little Heat River. After Jared noticed that it was a grizzly, he mentioned he realized he had shot her too many occasions and she or he was going to die, so he completed her.
Finally Jared additionally admitted that he was not alone in capturing the bear and was accompanied by his father, Rex Baum. After seeing a Fish and Recreation press launch looking for data on the deceased grizzly, and realizing that the grizzly bear was collared, Jared informed officers he disposed of the 2 Ruger-57 handguns he and his father Rex had used to commit the crime by tossing them in a pond. With the assistance of the Bonneville County Search and Rescue Dive Group a search of the pond was carried out however no firearms have been recovered.
The Idaho Fish and Recreation wish to thank all these concerned within the success of this case: Fremont County Sherriff’s Division, the Bonneville County Search and Rescue Dive Group, the Interagency Grizzly Bear Examine Group, and the USA Fish and Wildlife Service have been all instrumental on this collaborative effort to guard our wildlife sources.
