my husband went hunting in mid Michigan every year...a bunch of guys went to the same place every year...they didn't get too many deer, but one of the guys got a bear that was up on 2 legs heading for him...they took the carcass into town and hung it...the following year they had taken the bullet out of the deer (depart. of whatever) and found the guy hunting came and cleared the fellow of charges of killing the bear... They had even tracked down to where the bullets were bought..Several of the guys were all on one side of the clearing and the one the bear went after was the only guy that had a gun....It was bow and arrow season. All of the men ate the venison if they were lucky enough to get one.. One of my son's fixes venison delicious....
I am not sure I understand your story about the bear. It wasn’t bear season, or he didn’t have a license? If the bear was coming at him it was self defense, nothing wrong there.
We have hunted deer in the center of Michigan, more than once. Beautiful country, nice people. I met some Amish, visited their homes, nice experience.