Georgia hunter sentenced for illegally killing mule deer in Nebraska

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November 4, 2022 6:06 pm

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Jordan Himes

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LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) – A Georgia hunter was sentenced in federal court on Friday for illegally shooting a mule deer in Lincoln County in 2020.

Chad McCullough, 34, of Georgia violated the Lacey Act when he took parts of the deer to Georgia to be taxidermized.

The Lacey Act bans the trafficking of wildlife or plants that were illegally taken, possessed or sold.

Officials determined that in October 2020, McCullough traveled to Nobel Outdoors, a commercial big game business in North Platte, with two other hunting partners.

The group was going to go on an archery mule deer hunt.

During the hunt, McCullough shot the deer with a rifle while in the…

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