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