PCR Exhibits - Alaska State of Corruption

The two men applied for and were issued a permit to hunt wolves with the use of an
airplane in a specific area near McGrath. Zellers bought a new Binelli twelve gauge shotgun, and
a large amount of several kinds of buckshot ammunition.
On 3/5/04, the two men flew in N4011M (Bat Cub) to McGrath where they were issued
permits at the Fish and game office, during which they were given maps and written descriptions
of the legal hunting area. After leaving McGrath, the two flew upstream along the Big River.
Several wolves were located about one or two miles outside the hunt area, and they shot one gray
wolf, with Zellers doing the, shooting with the shotgun from the air while Haeg was flying the
plane. The wolf was hauled back to trophy Lake Lodge whole and was skinned that night.
On 3/6/04, they flew to the Big River where they had shot the wolf the day before. They
could not locate the remaining wolves, so they proceeded upstream on the Big River (further
outside the legal area). Twenty-four miles upstream from the hunt area boundary on the Big
River, they spotted two gray wolves on a ridge near a moose kill. Both wolves were shot from
the air with a shotgun by Zellers with Haeg again flying the plane. One of the wolves then had to
be shot from the ground with the .223 by Zellers. The two wolves were hauled back to the lodge,
and were skinned that night.
On 3/6/04, Haeg called on his satellite phone and reported to McGrath Fish and Game
that he and Zellers had harvested three wolves within the permitted hunt area on the Big river, at
which time he gave false coordinates for the kill sites.
After calling in the report, Haeg and Zellers returned to Soldotna, taking the three-wolf
hides with them. On 3/15/04, they received a call from Fish and Game in McGrath telling them
that the three hides had to be sealed in McGrath.
On 3/20/04, Haeg and Zellers flew from Soldotna to Trophy Lake Lodge, where they
spent the night. They had brought the three wolf hides back with them to take to McGrath for
sealing.
On the morning of 3/21/04, Haeg and Zellers decided to fly South (further from the legal
area) to the upper Stony River to look for wolves and check out local moose populations. Several
wolves were spotted on the Stony River, and a gray male was shot from the air with the shotgun.
Zellers did the shooting from the air while Haeg flew. One of the wolves was wounded and
Zellers shot the wounded wolf again from the ground with the .223. Multiple shots were taken at
the other wolves, but none were killed. The dead wolf was taken back to the lodge where it was
dropped off whole.
During their interviews, Haeg and Zellers pointed out the location of the kill on a map.
The location described as the kill location for this wolf was more than eighty miles from the
nearest border of the legal hunt area.
Haeg and Zellers then flew to McGrath with the three wolf hides from earlier in the
month. Upon arrival in McGrath, the two men met with Biologist Toby Boudreau, to have the
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