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The Associated Press
POCATELLO ? A large reward offered in a poaching case in southeastern Idaho that involved the shooting of two pregnant deer has led to a guilty plea by a Utah man.
Tyler Trujillo, 21, of Layton, Utah, pleaded guilty late last week to four counts of killing deer out of season and four counts of waste. He is scheduled to be sentenced June 13 in 6th District Court.
Because the incident was deemed a flagrant violation, Trujillo faces the possibility of losing his hunting and fishing privileges for life not only in Idaho, but also in 20 other states under the Interstate Wildlife Violator Compact.
The reward that eventually led to the tip that led to Trujillo reached $5,500.
"When you put enough money together, it makes people talk," Rick Cheatum of the Southeast Idaho Mule Deer Foundation, which matched each donation of $250 to the Citizens Against Poaching for information leading to a poaching arrest.
Trujillo used a spotlight about 2:40 a.m. on March 25 to shoot two pregnant does, one bearing triplets, and two yearling bucks that were feeding about 200 yards from the home of Larry Bull of Inkom. Bull leaves feed in the field to attract deer.
"It's almost like shooting animals in the zoo," said Cheatum.
POCATELLO ? A large reward offered in a poaching case in southeastern Idaho that involved the shooting of two pregnant deer has led to a guilty plea by a Utah man.
Tyler Trujillo, 21, of Layton, Utah, pleaded guilty late last week to four counts of killing deer out of season and four counts of waste. He is scheduled to be sentenced June 13 in 6th District Court.
Because the incident was deemed a flagrant violation, Trujillo faces the possibility of losing his hunting and fishing privileges for life not only in Idaho, but also in 20 other states under the Interstate Wildlife Violator Compact.
The reward that eventually led to the tip that led to Trujillo reached $5,500.
"When you put enough money together, it makes people talk," Rick Cheatum of the Southeast Idaho Mule Deer Foundation, which matched each donation of $250 to the Citizens Against Poaching for information leading to a poaching arrest.
Trujillo used a spotlight about 2:40 a.m. on March 25 to shoot two pregnant does, one bearing triplets, and two yearling bucks that were feeding about 200 yards from the home of Larry Bull of Inkom. Bull leaves feed in the field to attract deer.
"It's almost like shooting animals in the zoo," said Cheatum.