OSP Troopers Asking For Info On Wastage Of Clackamas Co. Bull Elk, Other Cases

Poaching cases are piling up across Oregon – the latest one that troopers need help solving involves the waste of a bull elk killed in Clackamas County east of Molalla earlier this week.

OSP Fish and Wildlife Division says somebody killed the bull between Sunday, September 16, and the afternoon of Tuesday, September 18, on Port Blakely timberlands and only took the head of the animal, leaving all four quarters and the rest of the carcass to waste.

Archery elk season is open in the area, but hunters are required to take all edible portions of their kill.

“Access points to this property are South Young Road, South Tiffany Lane, and South Grey’s Hill Road,” OSP reports.

Tipsters should contact Trooper Ben Turner via the Turn In Poachers tip line at 1-800-452-7888, *OSP (677) on mobile phones or TIP@osp.oregon.gov.  

Earlier this week, ODFW sent out a press release about three other active elk poaching cases OSP troopers need help with. To wit:

Oregon Hunters raised the reward amount to $1,500 for information regarding a bull elk that was illegally shot and left to waste in Linn County on Aug. 30 or 31.

OSP F&W Troopers, responding to a call from a member of the public, discovered the 5X5 Roosevelt elk east of Lebanon, in the Snow Peak permit area.  The carcass, located near Lulay and Roaring River mainlines, had been gutted, partially skinned and then left to waste.

The standard reward amount is $1,000 for information that leads to an arrest or citation in a poaching case involving deer or elk. Last week, Oregon Hunters Association (OHA) Mid-Willamette Valley chapter members voted to add $500 to that amount.  The destruction and waste of all wildlife is of concern to legal hunters, according to chapter President,  Ken McCall.

 “No matter where these poachers live and waste our precious wildlife resources in Oregon, they are in an area served by an Oregon Hunters Association chapter,” McCall said, “The Mid-Willamette chapter proudly supports our local Wildlife Enforcement officer’s efforts in solving this case.”   

Anyone with information is asked to contact an Albany Fish and Wildlife trooper through OSP dispatch at 800-442-2068 or by dialing *OSP (*677) from a mobile phone. Please refer to case number SP24285185.

Oregon State Police Fish and Wildlife Division would like to hear from members of the public who have information related to two other recent cases of elk shot and killed illegally.

In all three cases, the carcasses were left to waste.  Officials do not believe the cases are related. Reporting parties may choose to remain anonymous, and information that leads to an arrest or citation in any of these cases may pay a reward of $1,000 or four hunter preference points.

Union County: On the night of Aug. 18 or early morning of Aug. 19, poachers shot a cow elk and left the carcass to waste.Anyone with information is encouraged to contact Senior Trooper Kris Davis at the Oregon State Police La Grande Patrol Office, 541-805-4757, or the Oregon State Police Southern Dispatch Center at 1-800-452-7888, *OSP (*677), or email TIP@osp.oregon.gov. Please reference case number SP24-269291.

Douglas County:  On or around Aug. 9, poachers shot a cow elk and left the carcass to waste in a clearcut area near milepost 5 on Burnt Mountain Road. Anyone with information is asked to contact OSP’s Southern Command Center at 800-442-2068 or *OSP (*677) from a mobile phone. Reference case number #SP24261470. 

And OSP is also requesting tips on the killing and wastage of a blacktail buck in Douglas County northeast of Glide on September 12.

“The preliminary investigation indicates the three-point buck was shot with a rifle in a clear-cut area about five miles up the East Fork of Rock Creek Drainage northeast of Glide in Douglas County,” troopers report.

Informants are asked to contact OSP dispatch at 800-442-2068 or *OSP (*677) using case number #SP24300692.

Tipsters can earn cash or controlled draw preference points for information leading to an arrest or citation.