Alaskan hunting guide serving 6 months in prison for ‘multi-year wildlife crime spree’

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Hunting guide Stephen Jeremy Hicks, left, with a moose that federal prosecutors say was killed during an illegal hunt in October 2017. (Photo provided by the U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Alaska)

An Alaskan hunting guide is spending six months in an Oregon prison for illegally selling big-game guiding services as well as multiple other violations over a five-year period.

Stephen Jeremy Hicks, a 45-year-old Anchorage resident, was sentenced in U.S. District Court last month.

The prison time was part of a plea deal in which Hicks admitted he guided hunters onto federal lands on a sheep hunt near Max Lake on the west side of Cook Inlet in 2018 without a permit. Along with prison time, he agreed to forfeit a Piper PA-18 Super Cub and pay $13,460 in restitution.

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Hicks’ attorney, Kevin Fitzgerald, said his client started serving his prison…

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  1. Thank god he’s in jail But six months? A slap on the wrist Tne irony If an animal defends itself it pays with its life Humans kill for sport with a license Ughh how little we have progressed

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