Andrew Gray

Andrew Gray is the Captain in the Southeast Area for the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish.

October, 2016

  • 28 October

    Live and learn

    Captain Andrew Gray places an ear tag onto a tranquilized bear he captured in Watrous. As Gray can attest, even younger bears are built for a life in the wild. They are powerful and possess formidable teeth and sharp claws. New Mexico Wildlife magazine, Fall-Winter Vol 59, Num 3, NMDGF.

    Don’t ever wrestle a bear. Doesn’t matter how big a person might be and how small it is, just don’t do it. Maybe I’m getting ahead of myself. It was spring 2008 or 2009 when I was the Las Vegas Supervisory District sergeant. You’d think I’d remember not just the …