Arizona Guide Illegally Kills Utah Bighorn Sheep
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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Source:: AmmoLand
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