By Ashley Soebroto,Staff WriterDec 5, 2024
FULTON — A Schoharie County man has been charged with illegally hunting a bear after luring it with food and posting pictures of the deceased animal on social media.
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The man is facing charges for hunting a bear over bait and illegally killing it. State environmental conservation officers found out about the situation Oct. 13 after initially responding to a complaint about youth hunters who were not with an adult in their immediate vicinity — and that the man was supposed to be supervising them, according to the state Department of Environmental Conservation.
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Several days later on Oct. 20, officers received a report that the same individual had hunted a bear and posted pictures with the animal’s body on social media.
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The bear’s carcass was at a local processor where officers found it with an incomplete hunter tag — a physical paper that proves that the hunter has the legal right to kill a specific animal during hunting season. Officers also inspected where the bear was killed Oct. 24 and found cracked corn and sunflower seeds.
After confronting the man at his residence, the individual admitted to putting grain in front of several blinds prior to hunting.
The man is also facing charges with a tagging violation and failure to properly supervise youth hunters. The person was issued tickets in Fulton Town Court.
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