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Non-resident hunter cited after mistaking brown bear for black bear at Duncan Canal – Petersburg Pilot
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Sgt. Litster provided these two bear skins to demonstrate the pronounced difference is size and characteristics between brown bears and black bears in central Southeast Alaska.
An Arizona hunter was cited last month for unlawfully taking a brown bear on Kupreanof Island after mistaking it for a black bear, the second such mistaken-identity case involving a non-resident hunter in the area in roughly a year, according to Petersburg-based Alaska Wildlife Trooper Sgt. Cody Litster.
William DeGrave, 38, of Vail, Arizona, was cited May 19 for taking a brown bear in Game Management Unit 3 without the proper tag, registration permit or guide while hunting black bear at Duncan Canal, according to the citation filed in Petersburg District Court. The bear’s hide, skull and meat…
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