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Utah officers monitor poaching during hunting season, highlighting recent illegal deer killing.

Lt. Matt Briggs reports frequent poaching, including night shooting and illegal weapons use.

2024 saw 216 deer illegally killed; 2025 data pending, officers urge reporting wildlife crimes.

PROVO — In the middle of multiple hunting seasons in Utah, state law enforcement officers said Sunday they were on the lookout for evidence of poaching as they highlighted the damaging effects of a recent case.

According to officers with the Utah Department of Natural Resources Division of Law Enforcement, some hunters recently went onto private property in southeastern Utah and shot a large buck, taking the head and best parts of the deer while leaving behi

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