An Alaska sportfishing guide who illegally baited bears behind his home in Juneau and killed black-billed magpies to sell their feathers on eBay -- for crafts or maybe fishing flies -- was hit with a one-two punch on Wednesday when he was sentenced in both federal and state courts. 

Michael Patrick Duby, 37, was sentenced in Juneau federal court that day for selling the bird parts, a felony violation of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act that netted him five years of probation, five years of lost hunting and fishing privileges, a $2,500 fine and 250 hours of community service, the U.S. Attorney for Alaska announced in a press release.

Then, just an hour later in state court, Duby received nine months in prison and was ordered to pay thousands of dollars after pleading guilty to several charges, including illegally baiting bears, falsifying his Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend application and guiding violations related to his Juneau charter business, FishHunter Charters, according to a report on Juneau public radio station KTOO.

Duby often had help with bear-baiting -- one friend allegedly roasted marshmallows and then used them to lure the bears -- and some of it ran in the family, according to Juneau Empire articles about poaching charges brought against Duby and several others.

The state and federal penalties totaled $44,000 and nine months in prison, according to KTOO. Also, Duby can't ever apply for a Permanent Fund Dividend, and he "forfeits the $30,000 bond for his boat the ‘Huntress,’ essentially losing the boat," KTOO reported.

U.S. District Court Judge Timothy M. Burgess handed down the federal sentence. The magpie killing and selling took place for a number of years leading up to June 2009, despite a warning from eBay that selling migratory birds possibly violated federal law, according to the U.S. attorney's office.

Factoring into the federal sentence were Duby's past wildlife violations, including in Alaska and sentences in state and federal court in Montana, the attorney's office noted.

In state court in 2003, Duby was found guilty of four misdemeanor violations, including taking a brown bear in a closed area and unsworn falsification, a felony, state records show.

On the plus side, Duby was remorseful during his second sentencing of the day, saying he hoped to turn his life around and become a good citizen who doesn't break laws, according to KTOO.

“I’m willing to pay for these things that I’ve pled to,” he said. Learn more, at KTOO.