Deer

Anyone with information on this or any other wildlife violation can call the Stop Poaching Hotline at 1-877-WGFD-TIP, or 1-307-777-4330 for out-of-state calls.

The deer were killed in early November.

Wheatland Game Warden David Ellsworth says the incident likely occurred on the evening of Oct. 22.

The terms of restitution were calculated at $4,000 for each animal that was shot, in addition to $110,000 in fines.

Morgan Pfander, regional wildlife population biologist, said Fish and Game collects samples from an animal's lymph nodes behind the throat at the base of the skull.

Officials learned of the dead deer after hikers shared photos of them strewn across a road near the landfill in the small city of Coalville.

It wasn't immediately clear when the council would make a decision.

Game and Fish is seeking applications to a CWD Working Group to help craft recommendations to revise the CWD Management Plan.

The popularity of the Super Tag has grown annually with 2018 beating all previous records.

Although the disease has been previously documented in deer in an overlaying hunt area, this is the first time an elk has tested positive.