November 10, 2016
From EastOregonian.com
A local hunter, outfitter and former board member for the Mule Deer Foundation admitted Tuesday to poaching a trophy mule deer buck two years ago.
Todd Longgood, 40, pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful taking of a game mammal in Baker County Circuit Court. He was sentenced to three years probation, a $1,000 fine and ordered to pay $7,500 restitution to the Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife. Longgood’s hunting license has also been suspended for three years.
The case stems back to the 2014 archery season. Longgood, who was hunting on private property near Daly Creek in Baker County, legally harvested a trophy mule deer. He then shot another, larger buck the next day, according to senior trooper Dain Gardner with the Oregon State Police Fish and Wildlife Division.
Longgood works as a broker for Whitney Land Company in Pendleton, and is a longtime rancher in the region. He has also served since 2015 on the board of directors for the Mule Deer Foundation, a conservation group with more than 40,000 members nationwide.