Trooper report

Alaska Wildlife Troopers on Prince of Wales Island received a report on Oct. 15 that Michael Howard, 33, of Klawock, had shot a deer inside the city limits of Klawock. AWT responded and the investigation showed that Howard had been driving through the Mary Jackson Subdivision in Klawock when he observed a doe on the side of the road. Howard drove up alongside the doe and shot it in the head with a .177 pellet gun. Howard then fled the scene and hid the pellet gun before later returning in a separate vehicle to attempt to load the deer and take it from the scene. Howard was ultimately charged w...