DWR conservation officers work to protect Utah's wildlife.
The dispatches below are a fraction of our ongoing efforts to protect your wildlife. If you have information on illegal wildlife-related activities, please let us know. Our success depends on the help of ethical hunters, like yourself.
On October 29, 2018, Utah Division of Wildlife Resources (DWR) Conservation Officer Kody Jones received information regarding a poached 26-inch 4x4 buck mule deer in a field, west of Cedar City, Utah. The deer had been shot and left to waste.
On Wednesday, August 22, 2018, a dead doe was discovered in the area of East McKee Road off Highway 191 in Uintah County.
Conservation officers with the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources recently investigated two deer poaching incidents in central Utah and need the public's help in locating those responsible.
Mark Thayn, the owner of La Sal Mountain Outfitters, pled guilty to Wanton Destruction of Protected Wildlife, a third degree felony, for his role in the poaching of a cow elk.
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