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CO: Men illegally killed elk in Garfield County

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July 12, 2016

From TheDenverChannel.com

ROAN PLATEAU, Colo. – Two U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service employees have pleaded guilty to poaching-related charges.

Thad Bingham, 44, and Brian Scheer, 45, illegally hunted a high-quality bull elk on private land closed to hunting Garfield County.

Bingham was fined $200 and ordered to donate $5,000 to the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation. Scheer was fined $86. They could also be barred from hunting and fishing in Colorado for up to five years.

Barrett Rowles, 48, Josh Fitzsimmons, 45, were also charged.