Resident Juvenile, Non Resident Charged for Poached Bull Elk Near Big Sandy, Montana
Montana -(Ammoland.com)- Zachary Morgan (29) of Prineville, Ore. and a juvenile (17) of Harlem were separately charged in an incidence involving a poached elk in Choteau County.
On Sept. 28, 2014, the juvenile illegally shot and killed a bull elk east of Big Sandy on Coal Mine Road. The juvenile did not have a license and initially left the area without taking the elk.
When the juvenile returned to the site of the kill, Morgan, who possessed a state issued special permit for hunting district 680, had tagged the elk and was butchering it. Morgan took the elk head and meat back to Oregon.
Montana game wardens, working several cases in the North West, interviewed Morgan at his home in Oregon. With the assistance of the Oregon State Police Fish and Wildlife Division, wardens eventually recovered the elk and returned it to Montana
The juvenile was charged with hunting without a license and plead guilty in Chouteau County Justice Court. He was fined $535 for the violation and paid $1000 in restitution for …read more
Source:: AmmoLand
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