Entries Tagged Poaching

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officers uncovered an organized enterprise to smuggle flying squirrels to interstate and international buyers.

In the latest game warden chronicles, a $3,500 reward is offered for information leading to a citation or arrest in the case of a bighorn sheep poached at Oregon's Wenaha Wildlife Area in late January.

Poachers beware, whether it's for muskellunge or black bear! The latest game warden chronicles spans several states with reports on illegal activity.

In the latest Game Warden Chronicles, a Chinese national was arrested for smuggling turtles out of the United States after a multi-year investigation by federal authorities.

A Colorado Parks and Wildlife investigation into illegal hunting reports over the course of several years led to a plea deal with a Texas man who paid fines in excess of $53,000 thanks to the persistence of wildlife officers.

A bull elk was shot and left to rot in the Pigeon River State Forest, and the Michigan DNR is looking for help from the public to help nab the poacher.

The latest game warden chronicles involve a lifetime suspension due to poaching, anglers busted for too many fish and an alligator in a bathtub.

Three anglers stopped by Michigan Department of Natural Resources had 80 walleye in possession — 65 more than the Detroit River daily limit of five per person.

Two men in New York were caught by authorities after a whitetail deer they shot illegally jumped out of their pickup.

Twin brothers Benjamin and Steven Schrouder pleaded guilty to poaching walleyes from Michigan’s Detroit River.

Photos on dating apps can often be revealing in more ways than one. A potential online relationship took quite a turn when a game warden saw the photo of a woman's "bigo buck" she shot illegally.

Over the course of about 40 years of hunting and fishing, I still can't comprehend how utterly ignorant some people are around wildlife.

An Iowa landowner trades deer-hunting rights to a Michigan family for access to a prime fishing hole. Nice idea, except it was illegal.

When lions eat poachers attempting to illegally kill rhinos in Africa, count me in with the group that see this as nothing short of karma.