Michigan DNR Seeks Information on Kalkaska County Bear Poaching

By Justin Stakes

Lansing, MI -(AmmoLand.com)- Michigan Department of Natural Resources conservation officers are seeking information on a bear poaching incident in southwest Kalkaska County.

On April 30, a recreational river user found a large black bear carcass in the Manistee River near Rainbow Jim’s Bridge Boat Launch, a DNR-managed boating access site near Coster Road in Springfield Township, located approximately 6 miles southeast of Fife Lake. The river user contacted the DNR Report All Poaching (RAP) Line to report the deceased bear.

According to Sgt. Jeremy Payne, conservation officers responded to the location. After a metal detector confirmed metal within the bear, its carcass was taken off-site and a necropsy – an autopsy of an animal – was performed by DNR conservation officers. The necropsy revealed the 500-pound male black bear died from a shotgun wound during the last week of April.

“Anyone who has information that may assist us in finding the person or persons responsible for the poaching of this bear is asked to contact the DNR,” said Sgt. Jeremy Payne.

Those with information regarding the incident are asked to call 1st Lt. Glenn Gutierrez at …Read the Rest

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