SALT LAKE CITY — During a public meeting Thursday, the Utah Wildlife Board approved a few changes to the state’s black bear management plan and hunting rules and also some updates to the rules that authorize rewards for people who report poachers, as well as a few other items. Changes […]
(Kane County, UT) — A state agency is looking for information about the illegal killing of a buck deer in southern Utah. The Division of Wildlife Resources said yesterday they were informed about the discovery of a dead deer in Kane County last month. Investigators sent to the area found […]
CEDAR CITY — Utah Division of Wildlife Resources conservation officers are seeking information after two bull elk were recently killed and left to waste in Sevier County. Both bull elk were shot and killed in the Browns Hole area on Fishlake Mountain. Investigators believe one of the elk — a […]
(Salt Lake, UT) — The number of animals being illegally killed in Utah is on the rise. That’s according to the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources. They say there have been just under 320 animals illegally killed between August 1st and Friday. This comes as Utah’s hunting season is getting […]
(St. George, UT) — A state lawmaker in Washington County pleaded no contest to accusations of poaching. Records show Republican Travis Seegmiller admitted to shooting a deer on private land without permission last year. Prosecutors dropped tougher charges in connection with the case. Seegmiller faces a three-way contest in the […]
The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources is seeking the publics help in finding who is responsible for a bull elk being shot and left to rot in Kane County. According to officials, they received a report on Dec. 12 of an individual shooting at a group of elk near County […]
In a post to their Facebook page on Sept. 2, the Piute County Sheriff’s Office shared that between two occasions nine sheep were shot and killed on a farm South of Junction. They shared that three were killed between Aug. 28 at 8:00 p.m. and Aug. 29 at 9:00 a.m. […]
Conservation officers with the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources are seeking help to find individuals involved with a deer poaching in south- central Utah. In late January, two mature mule deer bucks were poached on the Fillmore-Oak Creek limited entry deer unit in south-central Utah. Whoever killed the deer hacked […]
Utah Division of Wildlife Resources conservation officers are seeking information after two bull elk were illegally killed in Sevier County during the month of October. One elk was shot early in the month in Sheep Valley, and the second was shot in mid October near Daniel’s Pass. Both were shot […]
RENO, Nev. (AP) — A 22-year-old Utah man has been sentenced to 20 days in jail fined $15,000 nearly four years after he removed the antlers from a mule deer he illegally shot in southern Nevada and left behind the rest of the animal. State wildlife officials said Friday Brayden […]
