Posted: Tuesday, Apr 5th, 2016
BY: Joy Ufford
SUBLETTE COUNTY ? Local hunters and residents are expressing anger, regret and dismay upon hearing a Big Piney man is charged with allegedly killing a handsome mule buck deer with unusual antlers.
Nathan Strong, of Big Piney, was charged last Tuesday with one criminal count of shooting an antlered deer without a license or during a closed season ? in this case the very recognizable nontypical trophy mule deer buck nicknamed ?Big Boy? who spent several summers
Strong?s arraignment will be held on Monday, April 11, at 11 a.m. in Sublette County Circuit Court, records show. Charging documents include an affidavit by a state investigator outlining the work he and wardens did to result in the charge.
Thursday, Strong said in an email that he is advised to not talk about the charge, referring to ?many untold facts that have not come to light.?
Strong is a respected member of the Big Piney community and has coached high school boys? basketball there for a number of years.
The fate of the buck, often photographed by Hoback Ranches? residents in northern Sublette County, resulted in a public outcry when a picture was posted online of the impressive shoulder mount displayed in February at a Salt Lake City hunting expo.
***So I wonder what happened at the arraignment this AM and what the many "untold facts that have not come to light" are!