Game Violators

An anonymous report received by the Wyoming Game and Fish Department in September has resulted in the conviction of a Buffalo man for shooting a 350-class trophy bull elk with a rifle during the 2012 archery-only season.

After pleading guilty to a laundry list of charges associated with illegally using a rifle to kill a trophy buck during the 2011 Illinois bow season, Weldon "Jesse" Bean of Kankakee received fines and was assessed restitution totaling $10,000.

An anonymous letter received in January 2012 alerted Wyoming Game and Fish wardens that a Cheyenne taxidermist imported feral pigs from Texas to Wyoming and also killed a mule deer buck out of season. These tips directly led to the recent convictions of Troy T. Hall for those, and several other wildlife violations.