Wolf Poaching Charges Filed

Charges have been filed against an Eagle man accused of shooting a wolf in a closed season and shooting from a public road. Randy R. Strickland was arraigned September 22 in Valley County on misdemeanor charges of taking a game animal illegally and shooting from or across a public highway. He has pleaded innocent to both, and he is due in court in Valley County on November 16 for a pre-trial hearing. The wolf was shot about 6 p.m. September 6 in the McCall-Weiser wolf zone, which was closed to wolf hunting at the time. If convicted, Strickland could face fines of $200 to $1,000 plus court costs; a $400 civil penalty; up to six months in county jail; and a minimum one year and up to three years loss of hunting, fishing and/or trapping privileges on the charge of killing a game animal illegally. And he could face $25 to $1,000 in fines, up to six months in jail, and up to a three year license revocation on the charge of shooting from a public road.