Orygun
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Another adult instilling the wrong set of ethics into youth
Sr. Tpr. Merritt and Sr. Tpr. Frerichs (Roseburg) were patrolling the Bateman Ridge area near Tyee in the Melrose Plus Unit in a posted closed area (Weyerhaeuser), when they encountered two trucks that each contained a dead cow elk about eight miles outside the boundary.
Further investigation located a third cow elk that had been shot and left at
the scene concealed with brush. All three elk were killed in the closed area. One suspect was hunting with his 14-year-old son who had a tag. When they saw the elk, they baled out of the vehicle and started shooting. The father (who did not have a tag) shot two elk and his son shot one. They called a friend who they knew had a tag.
Two friends arrived and one put his tag on an elk. The friends confirmed the story. Troopers cited the father for Unlawful Taking of Cow Elk (x 2) and warned him for Waste. They cited his son for Unlawful Take Cow Elk—Closed Area and the two friends for Aiding in a Wildlife Crime. Along with seizing and salvaging all three elk, they seized two rifles.
Sr. Tpr. Merritt and Sr. Tpr. Frerichs (Roseburg) were patrolling the Bateman Ridge area near Tyee in the Melrose Plus Unit in a posted closed area (Weyerhaeuser), when they encountered two trucks that each contained a dead cow elk about eight miles outside the boundary.
Further investigation located a third cow elk that had been shot and left at
the scene concealed with brush. All three elk were killed in the closed area. One suspect was hunting with his 14-year-old son who had a tag. When they saw the elk, they baled out of the vehicle and started shooting. The father (who did not have a tag) shot two elk and his son shot one. They called a friend who they knew had a tag.
Two friends arrived and one put his tag on an elk. The friends confirmed the story. Troopers cited the father for Unlawful Taking of Cow Elk (x 2) and warned him for Waste. They cited his son for Unlawful Take Cow Elk—Closed Area and the two friends for Aiding in a Wildlife Crime. Along with seizing and salvaging all three elk, they seized two rifles.
