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OR: Klamath Falls man arrested, accused of using illegal bear bait while hunting

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April 24, 2012

From OregonLive.com

State police fish and wildlife troopers apprehended Trevor Lawrence Harris, 30, on Sunday while he was hunting (bears)from a tree stand near Keno. The arrest was the culmination of an eight-month investigation by the department after finding an illegal bear bait station in the area last fall.

Harris is believed to have used dead crows, salmon, steelhead and trout to lure bears into the area.

The 30-year-old was transported to Klamath County Jail and faces hunting bear with bait, waste of game fish, placing offensive substances on property, hunting prohibited method, criminal mischief in the second degree and driving while suspended charges.