F&G seeks information about four separate cases of mule deer left to waste near Council

Fish and Game conservation officers are asking the public for information regarding four separate cases of mule deer being shot and left to waste near Council:

• A mule deer doe that was shot in the spine with an arrow and left to waste on private property along Ridge Road, north of Council. Officers believe this deer was shot sometime between the evening of Sept. 2 and the morning of Sept. 3.

• A mule deer button buck, shot with a firearm on private property sometime between 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. on Oct. 1 and left to waste in a field at the intersection of Council Cuprum Road and Old Hornet Road, across from Ridge Road.

• A 3x4 mule deer buck that was shot on private property on Ridge Road and left to waste, that officers believe was killed sometime during opening weekend of the rifle deer season, possibly on Oct. 12. 

• A mule deer doe fawn that was killed on Oct. 19 and left to waste on BLM land in the Goodrich area. Officers located the deer about 100 yards off of Goodrich Creek Road, and believe that it was killed at approximately 8 a.m. on Oct. 19. A dark-colored Dodge pickup, with an adult white male driver and a juvenile passenger, were seen parked near the kill site that morning. Another adult and juvenile were also seen near the kill site around 8:55 a.m. and are believed to be in the same hunting party as the Dodge pickup. 

Anyone with information that may be helpful in these cases is encouraged to call the McCall Office at 208-634-8137, the Citizens Against Poaching hotline at 1-800-632-5999, or report online at idfg.idaho.gov/poacher. Callers can remain anonymous, and a reward is being offered for information that leads to a citation.