Poaching Articles

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.

After the initial investigation was complete, a conservation officer went to the accused poachers’ family farm, where he discovered “dozens upon dozens” of deer antlers in a shed.

After illegally hunting a bull elk in Colorado without the proper tags, this hunter must pay more than $10,000 in fines and may have his hunting and fishing privileges revoked.

Poaching is serious. How serious? Well, an Idaho man's jail stint and $10,000 fine for poaching a trophy bighorn sheep also carries a lifetime hunting ban.

Custom Robotic Wildlife's decoy animals have provided state and federal game wardens with an edge to coaching poachers hunting illegally.

Two Tennessee hunters are banned from hunting for life in 44 states after poaching at least 40 deer and taking graphic photos.

At issue in the court's 4-3 ruling was the state's request for nearly $28,000 in restitution, an amount calculated based on a scoring system for the large animal with 20-point antlers.

The Arizona Game and Fish Department is investigating the illegal killing of a mule deer doe.

Sportsman's Channel takes immediate action to suspend known hunting show, The Syndicate, in lieu of poaching allegations.

Mississippi wildlife officials believe the spike in poaching is directly tied to more alligator hunting shows on TV. One official says they see the shows and just think it's cool.

Skyler Willis shot a trophy 6-point bull elk with his bow on the Zumwalt Prairie in the Chesnimnus Wildlife Management Unit. Willis did not have a valid elk tag and had been trespassing when he retrieved the bull elk.

Hunting season for wolves ended on March 15. The penalty for killing a wolf out of season is a citation and $1,000 in restitution.

The hunting licenses for two southeast Idaho men have been revoked for life in Idaho following a three-month poaching spree.

Poachers have killed a large buck and wounded at least three deer in a tiny fishing village where residents' feeding of the animals has made them easy targets.

The tiny fishing village of Port Mansfield is offering a $25,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of a bow-and-arrow toting deer poacher.

New Michigan laws are in effect to deter poaching of antlered bucks and hunters who trespass on private land.