ST. CHARLES — Officers with the Idaho Department of Fish and Game are currently investigating the poaching of a bull elk in Bear Lake County.
According to the Bear Lake County Sheriff’s Office, the elk was discovered by Fish and Game officers in St. Charles Canyon on Saturday.
The animal, which had been stripped of all quarters and its antlers, was located at the national forest boundary halfway between the entrance to St. Charles Campground and the Cache National Forest sign.
Investigators believe the poached bull elk was dumped sometime around New Year's Day.
In Game Management Unit 78, where the animal's body was found, there has been no bull elk hunt open for several weeks, except for a muzzleloader cow hunt that concluded on Dec. 31.
Anybody with information regarding this elk poaching is asked to call Fish and Game Officer Cameron Sena at 208-576-9067 or the Citizens Against Poaching hotline at 1-800-632-5999.
The Bear Lake County Sheriff's Office said a reward may be offered for information leading to the conviction of those responsible for the elk's illegal killing.
