Albany, VT- Man arrested for shooting friend while hunting.
February 28th, Craftsbury man Conrad Masse, age 76, was arrested for aggravated assault by the Vermont State Police for the shooting of his hunting partner, Wolcott man Wayne Goff, age 58, while attempting to shoot a bear from the road on Urie Rd.
Four months prior to the arrest, the two men were using bear hounds with GPS to find their way to a spot in front of the bear's location in order to have a good shot. Masse dropped Goff off 541 feet from the spot he had parked his truck on Urie Rd. in order to have the best shot at hitting the bear.
When Masse spotted the bear come out of the woods between the two men, he shot three times hitting the bear only once. The other two bullets went to hit a tree off in the distance and Goff in the pelvic region.
Goff was sent to North Country Hospital and transferred to Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center for his injuries, and Masse was to appear in the Orleans Superior Court. He was issued Fish and Game tickets for shooting from the road, having a loaded rifle in his vehicle, and not properly displaying bear hound permits.
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