A Farmington man who shot and killed a moose that he mistook for an elk near Silverton last year has been fined $1,000 as a result of the incident, but state wildlife officials decided not to ban him from hunting in Colorado.

On the evening of Oct. 21, 2018, the hunter, identified as Bruce Black, self-reported to authorities he had mistakenly killed a moose up South Mineral Creek Road, northwest of Silverton.

Black said he spotted an animal he thought was an elk lying down and…