As we first reported, Haddix told game commission investigators he killed the bird because he feared it would harm his barn cats. He said he knew he hit it and saw it fly over his home and heard it hit the ground in his neighbor's field across the road. That neighbor, Harrison Zimmer, found the eagle when he was letting out his dog, and reported it to game officials. "So I tied him up and walked up and there was the bald eagle,"Zimmer said, "he landed with his wings half out like he was going to catch a mouse."