Field reports: Asotin County men charged in elk case

http://www.spokesman.com/outdoors/stories/2015/jan/11/field-reports-field-reports-asotin-county-men/

Evidence in a Blue Mountains trophy elk poaching case is confiscated by Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife police officers Sabo and King.  (Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife)
Evidence in a Blue Mountains trophy elk poaching case is confiscated by Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife police officers Sabo and King. (Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife)

POACHING – Two Anatone, Washington, men have been charged in the November illegal killing of two trophy-class bull elk in Asotin County.

Richard Kramer, 39, and his son, Jonathan Kramer, 22, face multiple charges in the cases, which were made with the help of tips from the public, according to Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife police.

The unlawful hunting charges involve spotlighting, trespassing, and wasting game.

Officer Matt Sabo had reported that the two bulls were killed within about 100 yards of each other near the intersection of Weissenfels Ridge Road and Kiesecker Road, and both had their heads removed and backstrap meat taken. One of the elk’s hindquarters were also taken with the rest of the meat left to waste.

They are set to appear in Asotin County District Court on Wednesday.

Washington offers only a few hunting tags for coveted branch-antlered bull elk in that area through a lottery drawing each year.

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