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Tennessee Hunter Shoots Elk While Deer Hunting
The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency has charged Billy F. Campbell, 68, of Jonesborough, Tennessee, with illegally killing one of the 136 reintroduced wild elk released at the Royal Blue Wildlife Management Area (WMA) since December 2000.
Ben Layton, a big game biologist for the state, says Campbell was a licensed hunter during a recent managed deer hunt on the Oak Ridge WMA and sent a friend to a check station to report he had shot the elk while deer hunting.
According to Layton, Campbell says he saw a large rack and brown fur moving in some thick brush and shot.
Tennessee doesn?t have an elk hunting season and it?s illegal to kill any wild elk in the state. Doing so is a Class A misdemeanor and carries a maximum sentence of 11 months and 29 days in jail, a fine of $2,500 and restitution of no less than $1,000 to the state for the loss of the animal.
Campbell?s scheduled to appear in Roane County General Sessions Court on November 18.
The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency has charged Billy F. Campbell, 68, of Jonesborough, Tennessee, with illegally killing one of the 136 reintroduced wild elk released at the Royal Blue Wildlife Management Area (WMA) since December 2000.
Ben Layton, a big game biologist for the state, says Campbell was a licensed hunter during a recent managed deer hunt on the Oak Ridge WMA and sent a friend to a check station to report he had shot the elk while deer hunting.
According to Layton, Campbell says he saw a large rack and brown fur moving in some thick brush and shot.
Tennessee doesn?t have an elk hunting season and it?s illegal to kill any wild elk in the state. Doing so is a Class A misdemeanor and carries a maximum sentence of 11 months and 29 days in jail, a fine of $2,500 and restitution of no less than $1,000 to the state for the loss of the animal.
Campbell?s scheduled to appear in Roane County General Sessions Court on November 18.
