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Posted at 2:24 PM, Feb 15, 2022https://www.ktvh.com/news/helena-man-receives-lifetime-hunting-ban-for-2019-moose-poaching?fbclid=IwAR1atlruKUNF8dMjcmVc-waa_DwArezRmqYJpzN97BNeh6C2VlYhLHkP8ps

and last updated1:59 PM, Feb 15, 2022

HELENA — A Helena man received a lifetime ban from hunting and trapping in Montana as part of his sentence for illegally killing a trophy moose east of Townsend in 2019.

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks (FWP) say Shiloh Berry, 41, was sentenced Friday in Broadwater County District Court. He pleaded guilty last fall to unlawful possession of a game animal, hunting without a valid license and waste of a game animal.

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In addition to the lifetime ban, Berry has also been sentenced to a three-year suspension of fishing privileges, $12,100 in fines and restitution and a suspended five-year imprisonment term.

FWP game wardens received a tip in 2019 via the department’s 1-800-TIP-MONT hotline about a dead moose with its head…