Bull poached-East Canyon

[predator]

On behalf of the landowner and DWR-

A bull elk, probably a 6x6, was poached on private land in East Canyon (Summit County side) adjacent to the Mormon Trail, sometime over the the weekend of the 21st. The poachers utilized horses, and may have come in from the Salt Lake county side.

If anyone was around the trailheads at Big Mountain, Summit Park, or Mormon Flat, and recalls any vehicle/horse trailers, or perhaps saw horse hunters packing out a branch-antlered bull along the Great Western trail, any information you can provide is helpful.

Please call 1-800-662-DEER or contact the SL DWR office if you can help catch a poacher!

Thanks, Pred

 

[Zeke]

Damn game theives!
By the way, how do they know it was poached and not just trespass? Just curious Pred.
Zeke

 

[98xjroks]

What he ^^^^^ said.

 

[YELUM]

My friend was hunting in the area and heard 2 rifle shots. Thought is was weird, but didn't see anyone. I believe that was on Wed.

Yelum

Theres logic, and theres women. They don't go together.

 

[broadfork]

I believe it would be considered poaching, because the trail is the boundary for the unit. It is also a watershed, witch means no livestock. If this story is true, then they poached, trespassed, and broke the watershed laws.

 

[Zeke]

Sounds like a triple infraction.
I hope they get caught. Too many guys think breaking the law is OK if they have a tag in their pocket!
Zeke

 

[deerslayer88]

I agree breaking the law is not right a tag does not give you the right to break the law. However the fish and game are dumb for issuing so many public tags when the main properties up there are the resort, and the cwmu's.