Poaching

A 23-year-old Montana man faces 24 criminal charges, including eight felonies, involving the illegal killing of three elk in August.

A member of the public reported the deer poached last Thursday.

Authorities say the animals poached by Schuhen included three bull elks and a buck antelope.

Three men have been fined $2,600 each and stripped of their hunting, fishing and trapping privileges for 4-and-a-half years for poaching three bison near Gardiner, according to Montana wildlife officials.
Jessie Darr, Ryley Heidt and Peyton Simmons each pleaded guilty to unlawful possession of game, …

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks have discovered an abandoned animal near Florence.

Missoula Mayor John Engen will be out of the office for several weeks with an undisclosed medical condition.

A recent state records request revealed that Billings Republican state senator Roger Webb was fined and lost his hunting, fishing and trapping privileges for one year after pleading guilty earlier this year to poaching a whitetail deer.  S...

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks are currently investing a poaching incident. Region Two Spokesperson Vivaca Crowser explains.

Game wardens are seeking information about a strange poaching incident that was discovered in Stevensville last Friday, December 12.
"There was a mule deer that was poached in Stevensville last week," said Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks spokeswoman Vivica Crowser...

The reward for information about a grizzly bear poaching that occurred earlier this month near Ovando was increased during Thanksgiving week.