Deer Poached in the Diamond Fork area

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Found out about this on the AP Wire service. This really pisses me off!!

Salt Lake City (AP)- At least 13 deer have ben shot in Diamond Fork Canyon by people who did not take any of the meat and apparently did it for the thrill, wildlife offcials said.
Vic Layton, a wildlife officer with the Division of Wildlife Resources, drove the canyon Sunday after a caller to the Help Stop Poaching Hotline reported Six dead animals along the main road. He Found those and more along a four mile stretch of the Utah County Road. Another was found Monday.
"It was a killing spree... something done for no reason other than the joy of killing," Layton said, "They were all within easy range of the road. There was no meat taken from any of the animals. It wasn't someone starving to death.
Layton said it was possible that there were fatally wounded animals that may have gone a distance before collapsing and their bodies have not been found.
He believes the animals were shot late Saturday or early Sunday. He had patrolled the canyon earlier Saturday and saw no dead animals.
The deer included two mature bucks, eight does, two yearling bucks a yearling doe.
Biologists say the loss will impact deer herds in the area for years to come.
"You can assume that each of the adult does was probably carrying twins," said Craig Clyde, a wildlife biologist for the DWR's Springville office. "There would probably be a minimum impact of 150 deer over the next 10 years. The numbers can really grow in a hurry."
DWR is offering a $1,000 reward for tips leading to the arrest of the poachers.

(Info from the Salt Lake Tribune)
 
That's some nasty stuff, keep your ears open. If anyone goes to high school in that area that might be a good place to listen.
 
That's a big reward, I'll bet they get a lot of tips with that kind of high dollars on the line!
 
What a bunch of drunk weak a$$ punks. I hope they get caught, go to jail, and get celled with "Bubba". That would be just the tip of the iceberg on justice for these blatant killers.
 
well from looking at the facts, the warden was in the canyon Sat evening and the deer were found sunday morn kinda looks like the warden doing this what ya think
 

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