TIP-MONT Does the Trick

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Written by West Yellowstone News   
Thursday, December 03, 2009

A recent call to TIP-MONT by an observant hunter led to a citation for the poaching of a bull elk in the Elkhorn Mountains near the town of Elkhorn. The reporting party called TIP-MONT about another hunter illegally traveling off-road on an off-highway vehicle (OHV) on U.S. Forest Service lands.

Warden Justin Gibson responded and discovered the man had poached a bull elk in Hunting District 380 where highly sough after permits are required for hunting bulls. The poacher had removed the head and evidence of sex and claimed the animal was a cow. Warden Gibson traveled to the kill site and discovered the bull elk's head wired to a tree for later retrieval.

FWP seized the elk and ticketed the man for hunt/possession without a license and improper tag validation, as well as courtesy cited him for failure to maintain evidence of sex and failure to display a required OHV decal. He paid fines of $670 and $1000 in restitution.

The U.S. Forest Service also ticketed him for unauthorized off-road OHV travel and fined him $225. Make the call to 1-800-TIP-MONT (1-800-847-6668) to report witnessed or suspected wildlife violations, trespass, or property vandalism.

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Source: http://www.westyellowstonenews.com/articles/2009/12/03/news/news5.txt


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