poaching

Most hunters follow these rules, but there are those select few that don't and they get the bad title of being a poacher.

Idaho conservation officers are trying to track down those responsible for shooting a 4x4 mule deer, taking the head, and leaving the carcass to waste last week near Lucile.

A federally and state protected bald eagle was found shot earlier this month near Montpelier

Two Treasure Valley men have been sentenced for killing a golden eagle and several red tail hawks.

A father and son from Ashton will serve some jail time and pay fines for killing a mother grizzly bear in 2021.

The Idaho Department of Fish and Game has raised awareness regarding an incident where a swan was shot and hung upside down near a campground approximately 190 miles southeast of Twin Falls. A reward has been offered in the case.

Idaho conservation officers are investigating the illegal killing of a mule deer in Boise earlier in February.

Two cow elk were illegally shot earlier in January near Riggins. The Idaho Department of Fish and Game has asked anyone with information to call the Citizens Against Poaching (CAP) hotline or their regional office

Idaho conservation officers are looking to find out who shot and left a mule deer buck to waste near Burley earlier this month

A cow elk was shot and left to waste last week near Stanley

Idaho conservation officers are investigating four poaching cases where mule deer were shot and left to waste earlier this month in Owyhee County

Idaho conservation officers are investigating after a bull elk was found north of Ketchum without its head and the rest left to waste.

Three young men from Missouri have been handed sentences for poaching-related crimes in Custer and Blaine Counties.

Authorities say a mule deer buck was killed last month with a pellet gun within the city limits of Pocatello.

Several protected birds were illegally shot and killed between the months of April and early may in southeastern Idaho

The reward amount seeking those responsible for killing a female grizzly bear with a cub near Island Park has grown to $40,000.

A mountain lion was found poached on a mountain range near Pocatello in late March.

Idaho conservation officers say five trumpeter swans were found shot dead in late March near Newdale in a suspected poaching case

Idaho conservation officers had to euthanize a mountain goat that had been shot with a crossbow in Hells Canyon

Another group of geese were found dumped and left to waste in Minidoka County recently in the same spot where someone had dumped geese late last year