Investigations into two separate poaching cases by Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks have led to recent charges against four men, the department said in a series of press releases last week.

A special prosecutor filed charges against three Big Horn County men in Montana’s 22nd Judicial District Court alleging the unlawful killing of several bull elk and one mule deer near Hardin between 2022 and 2023.

Fish, Wildlife and Parks officials began investigating the case after receiving reports about a headless elk carcass in an area that no one had permission to hunt. Wardens with the department found that the group of individuals had allegedly killed and possessed several bull elk in Hunting District 702 during a closed season and without landowner permission. A mule deer buck was also killed

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