BUTTE, Mont. (AP) - A man has pleaded guilty to killing a trophy mule deer in Butte.
Twenty-year-old Kyler Olsen has been ordered to pay more than $11,000 in fines and restitution. He won’t be allowed to hunt for five years.
Olsen also pleaded guilty to charges including unlawful possession, shooting with artificial lights and within city limits, shooting from a vehicle, and abandoning a big game animal.
Game wardens got a call about an injured deer in uptown Butte on Sept. 12. Wardens arrived to find the deer dead of a gunshot wound.
The Montana Standard reports (https://bit.ly/2pQyCXr ) information provided by the public and analysis of the bullet led to Olsen’s prosecution.
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Information from: The Montana Standard, https://www.mtstandard.com
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