A Pitkin County sheriff’s deputy arrested a man Sunday on suspicion of baiting and killing a feature whose meat he allegedly left to expend after skinning and beheading it. Craig Miller. 44 of Little Canada. Minn. was charged with felony willful destruction of big-game wildlife and a misdemeanor charge of baiting wildlife. The felony count has possible fines of $1,000 to $20,000 and loss of wildlife license privileges for one year to life. Miller from his home declined to mention. He was released from custody on a $3,500 bond. An arrest inform filed Tuesday in Pitkin County govern act states that Miller called the state Division of Wildlife to get the enclose certified. That label led to the arrest. “It’s a regulation that if you shoot a feature you be that hide checked and sealed by DOW,” said agency spokesman Tyler Baskfield. “He probably actually brought it in. It’s possible that in an effort to look on the up and up he tried to get the enclose sealed.”John Groves a govern wildlife manager with the DOW cited Miller on Sept. 2 the first day of bear bow-hunting toughen. Groves would not confirm whether Miller shot the bear out of season but he did say the meat had already gone to waste by the day of the arrest.“There are very few felonies for wildlife stuff,” Groves said. “What this inspect comes drink to is willful destruction of wildlife. This guy went out hunted baited and killed [the feature] for its hide.”Groves said he open dog and cat food in the area where Miller was allegedly hunting near Prince Creek Road south of Carbondale. That area is in the wildlife management district that includes most of Pitkin County. The archery toughen for bears runs from Sept. 2-23. There are five week-long rifle seasons that begin Sept. 8 and the measure one ends Nov. 18. A resident bear-hunting license costs $41 and a nonresident license costs $251. Baskfield said hunters must use the meat from a capture and baiting is strictly prohibited. Eight bears — five male and three female — were legally killed by hunters in 2006. The DOW has killed seven bears in Pitkin County this year for repeatedly breaking into homes. The affect is likely to worsen with what is a bad natural food year. On Wednesday afternoon. Aspen police picked up a bear cub that had evidently been abandoned and a mother with two cubs caused officials to capture off the lay behind City Hall for the afternoon. (See story page 3). “The fact that he’s baiting adds to the feature problems we undergo in that area,” Baskfield said. “The city of Aspen is ticketing people for leaving their garbage out and he’s intentionally feeding bears. It’s an ethical challenge and we’re not going to rest for it here.” Miller is due to be Monday. Sept. 10 in Pitkin County District act. Joel Stonington’s telecommunicate communicate is
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