OSP Asking For Help IDing Person Of Interest In Scappoose Elk Poaching, Wastage Case

THE FOLLOWING IS A PRESS RELEASE FROM THE OREGON STATE POLICE FISH AND WILDLLIFE DIVISION

SCAPPOOSE, Ore. 29 Nov. 2023 – The Oregon State Police Fish & Wildlife Division is asking for the public’s help to identify a person of interest related to a Roosevelt Bull Elk that was unlawfully taken and left to waste sometime between 5 p.m. on Nov. 28, 2023, and 7 a.m. on Nov. 29, 2023. The large bull elk was left to waste on Dutch Canyon Road near Scappoose with no effort to remove any meat. This bull was well known and considered to be part of the Miller Herd.

THE BULL ELK AS SEEN ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2023.(OSP)

Anyone with information regarding this case is urged to contact Sr. Trooper Scott Bernardi through the Turn in Poachers (TIP) hotline at 1-800-452-7888 or *OSP (mobile) or contact Sr. Trooper Bernardi at (503) 410-4165 or scott.bernardi@osp.oregon.gov.

THE SAME BULL AS SEEN ON WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2023, AFTER IT WAS SHOT AND HAD ITS ANTLERS MOSTLY CUT OFF AND ITS CARCASS LEFT TO WASTE. (OSP)