ATHOL — A grizzly bear's search for chickens near Athol — and Idaho Fish and Game's search for the young bruin — are over.

Craig Walker, IDFG's regional conservation officer, said the bear that was seen roaming for five days was safely trapped off Diagonal Road on Wednesday night between Chilco and Athol.

"He's wearing a radio collar now and will be released in the Cabinet Mountains, where we suspect he came from," said Walker, adding that the collar will help research.

Walker said a resident who lives on Diagonal Road reported seeing the bear Wednesday afternoon.

"It was digging up a dead goat that was recently buried in their field," Walker said.

A trap was then moved about 2 miles away from where the bear was previously spotted, he said.

"One of our officers hung a chunk of the goat in the trap for bait and, about three or four hours later, he was in our trap," Walker said. "We managed to get lucky."

IDFG responded on Wednesday night to further secure the trap so there was no chance of the bear escaping. The department finished dealing with it on Thursday.

IDFG started to get reports of the grizzly on Saturday and several residents caught the bear on video.

"We've been walking on pins and needles not knowing what the darned thing was going to do," said Rick Emry, who lives on Kiska Road north of Garwood. "Everything is back to normal — whatever normal is.

"I'm glad that they got it taken care of and not causing families more mischief. It's out of our hair."

Walker said there were reports of the bear raiding chicken coops and damaging sprinkler heads.

"He didn't get into a ton of trouble, fortunately, before we got a hold of him," Walker said.

Emry said he heard reports of residents feeding eggs to the grizzly and taking photos, which he said was idiotic.

"The bear was in our neighborhood (on Tuesday night)," Emry said, adding that he didn't see the grizzly but his neighbors did. "We stayed indoors more than we normally would and, when we went outside, we kept a careful eye."

Bailey Samuelson wrote in an online comment that the bear was caught in a trap at her parents' house.

"He is one pissed-off bear and thrashing around like crazy," she wrote. "But he is safe and can't harm anyone or anything so that is a plus. He will be relocated where he will be very happy."

Walker said IDFG employees were surprised to find the bear relatively calm on Thursday morning.

"He didn't get too grumpy at all, except a little when we drugged him to put a collar on and were transporting him down the road," he said. "He was acting like a bear."

Liza Peterson wrote that she's had trouble sleeping during the bear's venture because she was worried about livestock.

Walker said reports of more than one bear are likely unfounded.

"A few people are insisting that there's more than one, and we'll know that soon enough," he said. "We're pretty sure we got the (lone) offender."

Walker said grizzly sightings in the region's populated areas are somewhat rare, but not unheard of.