Thomas “TJ” Carter, 38, of Twin Bridges, plead guilty to four charges, including a felony, in District Court in Blaine County. The counts include one felony count of acting as an outfitter without a license, one misdemeanor count of theft, one count of illegal tag transfer and one count of unlawful purchase of a replacement license.
In the fall of 2015, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Region 6 wardens began investigating reports of illegal outfitting happening in northern Blaine County, near Turner. It was learned that Carter, a licensed guide in Montana as well as other states, was operating as an unlicensed outfitter under the name “Western Wild Hunt Company.”
Under Montana law, licensed guides may not act as outfitters. Also, Carter also hired additional unlicensed guides to assist with his hunting clients.
A total of 13 hunting clients…
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Exposing the Big Game 
And this is why it is not a good idea to delist a barely recovered population of grizzly bears or wolves – there will be this kind of illegal hunting (and trapping) anyway, even with a legal hunt. If not, there will be the retaliatory anti-government wildlife killings – but at least not a legal hunt to add to the losses. It is not realistic to continually view human behavior through rose-colored glasses.