May 22, 2012
From AlaskaDispatch.com
Alaska Wildlife Troopers deployed an artificial black bear set-up to decoy scofflaws on a relatively out-of-the-way part of Prince of Wales Island, near Klawock.
Troopers report observing on Monday, May 21, that the fake bear enticed 40-year-old Thomas Skripps of Acton, Mass., to shoot at it from Coffman Road.
Skripps was cited for illegally attempting to take a black bear by discharging a firearm from a roadway. Bail was set at $300 in Craig District Court.