By LMO Jon Zuck ACK with AIT Part 2 of 2 I radioed Coughenour, and held my position until he and Svinda got there. Together, we approached. "State officer. Please unload your firearm and come down from your stand," Svinda politely, but firmly, directed the hunter from behind a large tree. The hunter carefully ejected all rounds from his bolt-action rifle then descended the ladder. It was the same hunter we'd apprehended the previous year using a hanging corn feeder and smearing chocolate icing around his stand during the archery bear season. I thought that encounter at least would deter him from conducting his illegal hunting activities in the area of State Game Lands 104. Maybe he was hunting lawfully today. And maybe he was up to his old tricks. I'd soon find out. ON THE GROUND As Coughenour and Svinda checked the hunter's licenses, I began circling the stand. I surveyed the ground, looking for corn, blood, deer hair - any indication of illegal hunting MARCH 2018 43