JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) - A Rock Springs man paid $1,290 in fines after authorities say he illegally shot a wolf in western Wyoming and attempted to conceal the animal from a game warden.
The Jackson Hole News & Guide reports 30-year-old Clinton Blake settled the poaching case with a Teton County court last month after he was cited for hunting during a closed season, failure to tag an animal and shooting from a roadway.
Wyoming Game and Fish Department warden Jon Stephens says he intercepted the man driving a pickup truck after he was tipped off about suspected poaching last month.
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Stephens says the man admitted to the poaching after Stephens saw the dead wolf in a box in the truck.
The newspaper’s attempts to reach Blake for comment were unsuccessful.
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Information from: Jackson Hole (Wyo.) News And Guide, http://www.jhnewsandguide.com
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