https://www.outdoorlife.com/conservation/blaine-anthony-charged-with-poaching/
I hate courts. They cost BIG bucks.
First of all, if you have a black bear harvest tag in your pocket (I currently have five of them for the Alaska 2022-2023 season, ending June 30, 2023), they'd catch Hell convicting you of poaching a bear. All you'd have to say is, "I thought it was a bear. Sasquatches didn't exist. What else could it be?"
Use their own denial against them.
Always travel with a rifle, hunting license, and harvest tags in your possession. They are literally your ticket to kill just about anything, as long as it's in season.......or trying to harm you.........