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Wyoming Mulies Poached

State investigating two abandoned carcasses in Curt Gowdy State Park

Wyoming Mulies Poached
This fork horn wasn't even touched after being poached. (Courtesy Wyoming Game and Fish)

Game wardens are investigating two mule deer poachings that occurred within 16 days of one another in Wyoming's Curt Gowdy State Park. While mulies being poached out of season is not a new thing for the park, game warden Allen Deru said the proximity in time of the two shootings is unusual.

Wyoming Game and Fish Department game wardens first found "a little fork horn" that was shot on Dec. 2 and abandoned. The poachers "didn't even walk up to it or anything," Deru said.

Wardens found no evidence associated with that crime, though Deru noted that his department received a call on Dec. 18 from someone who said he found "another 30.06 casing in the road, down toward where the...

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