Posted February 2, 2018 12:25 pm by Comments

By Ammoland Editor Joe Evans

Arizona Guide Illegally Kills Utah Bighorn Sheep
Larry Altimus poses with the desert bighorn ram he killed illegally in southwestern Utah. Taking the sheep cost him dearly: he can’t hunt in 47 states for the next 10 years. And he paid more than $30,000 in restitution and fines.

KANAB, Utah -(Ammoland.com)- A well-known hunting guide won’t be hunting in Utah — or 46 other states — anytime soon. In addition to losing his hunting privileges for the next 10 years, the guide and outfitter have paid more than $30,000 in fines and restitution.

Larry Altimus poses with the desert bighorn ram he killed illegally in southwestern Utah. Taking the sheep cost him dearly: he can’t hunt in 47 states for the next 10 years. And he paid more than $30,000 in restitution and fines.

In July 2017, Larry Altimus of Pearce, Arizona was found guilty of wanton destruction of protected wildlife–trophy desert bighorn sheep, which is a 3rd-degree felony in Utah.

An eight-person jury in Kane County listened to three days of testimony before finding Altimus guilty of illegally obtaining a Utah resident hunting permit and then using the permit to kill a desert bighorn sheep ram on the Zion hunting unit in southwestern Utah.

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