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OR: Hunter arrested with unlawful elk trophy

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December 21, 2012

From KVAL.com

TOLEDO, Ore. — State police with the Fish and Wildlife Division searched the home of Joshuah Burnham, 29 of Toledo, as a part of an ongoing investigation into some illegal hunting activities.

Troopers found evidence linked to illegal hunting activities, including a mounted “7×7 Roosevelt bull elk” they said was illegally acquired.

Burnham was lodged at the Lincoln County Jail on three counts of criminal trespassing (second degree), three counts of hunting on enclosed lands and one count of unlawfully possessing a Roosevelt bull elk.