BENTON, Ill. (KFVS) - A federal judge in the Southern District of Illinois ordered five admitted deer poachers from Mississippi to pay $120,000 in fines and restitution. U.S. Attorneys say the men ...

UNION COUNTY, Ill. (KFVS) - Three men from Lakeland, Florida, were sentenced for poaching deer in southern Illinois back in November 2024. This comes after an extensive investigation by the Illinois ...

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation police arrived and determined that both deer—a 10-point buck and a ...

In Minnesota, if you’re a poacher — meaning if you intentionally kill wildlife without a license or by other illegal means — should you go to jail? A lot of legal hunters think so. So do a lot of ...

ROGERSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee man was sentenced to jail and barred for life from hunting in the state after he illegally killed 15 deer over more than three years and threatened a landowner ...

Five Mississippi men have been sentenced in federal court for their roles in a long-running poaching and wildlife trafficking operation that targeted trophy-class whitetails in Southern Illinois. The ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Oregon authorities are asking the public’s help in identifying a poacher or poachers responsible for dumping the butchered carcasses of four deer in the woods in Clackamas ...

New technology like thermal optics and a 24/7 dispatch center are helping officials catch more poachers. The public plays a key role by reporting tips through the Operation Game Thief program and ...

Trail camera and campsite evidence identified two suspects in Eastern Washington. State officers allege spotlighting, trespass, illegal kills and multiple tag violations. Officers seized firearms.