Another one bites the dust

http://www.ktuu.com/content/ne...laska-459393453.html

A friend and I hunted with triple c in spring of 2015. It was a baited brown bear archery hunt. Did not see any illegal activities, but the outfit was incompetent, and a rip off.
I’m not shedding any tears over this.

With the reputation this guy had I am surprised he stayed in business as long as he did.

Trashing Alaska, nothing gets me more worked up. Good riddance.

He got a slap on the wrist. Someone will be running his outfit for him I’m sure....

Let me ask an ignorance question. They refer to the lodge and also a "bear dwelling."

Is it against the law to bait too close to a bear den? If so, how does one know where all of the bear dens are located?

Or are they referring to baiting too close top the lodge?

I’m guessing that’s a typo. Never heard of a bear dwelling. But you can’t be within a mile of a human dwelling.

Good point on him having someone else run the operation, a lot of loopholes in our line of work.

And I agree, the editor was asleep at the wheel, a lot of "typos."

Here is another link....
https://www.adn.com/alaska-new...-bear-bait-stations/

This guy as far as I know never had a master guide license. He worked under David Laser who by the way had his license pulled years ago and got it back.
The only license Smith had was a guide license and a transporters license. The guides license Is far from being an outfitter. You can get all this online with the Alaska License bureau
I think if you do some searching I believe you will find some posts years ago on AR not to favorable back then either.
I wonder if he was doing an illegal hunt with Ted Nugents son he did a TV show he shot a grizzly over bait on a black bear hunt.
Maybe game and fish should watch more TV.

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Originally posted by Fourtyonesix:
He got a slap on the wrist. Someone will be running his outfit for him I’m sure....

Nope, he's gone. Made enemies of everyone in the area (wherein I have a cabin), including a local lodge owner, whose son is a Trooper. They filed on his assistants also.

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Originally posted by Redlander:

quote:

Originally posted by Fourtyonesix:
He got a slap on the wrist. Someone will be running his outfit for him I’m sure....

Nope, he's gone. Made enemies of everyone in the area (wherein I have a cabin), including a local lodge owner, whose son is a Trooper. They filed on his assistants also.

Glad to hear the SOB is gone.