Montana Resident and Washington Man Charged With Unlawful Taking of Trophy Buck

By Vanessa Torres

Montana -(Ammoland.com)- Jordan Keys, 19, of Fort Peck was charged with violations involving hunting from a public highway, unlawful possession and transportation of a game animal, and using a rifle in a weapons-restriction area.

The driver of the vehicle, Robert Greenfield, 46, of Chinook, WA, was charged with unlawful possession and transportation of a game animal.

On Nov. 13, 2015, Glasgow Game Warden Todd Tryan received a call from Valley County Sherriff’s office dispatch stating an eyewitness had just observed an individual shoot a white-tailed buck from the road with a rifle in a weapons-restriction area, below the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Administration building near the town site of Ft. Peck. The deer was loaded in a vehicle and field dressed elsewhere.

With help from the Montana Highway Patrol and the Valley County Sherriff’s office, authorities were able to locate the vehicle and conduct an investigation into the unlawful killing of the buck.

“There have been multiple calls of concern regarding this deer, as many people have observed it around Ft. Peck over the years,” Tryan said. “This buck qualified as a trophy deer.”

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