A California man who left most of the carcass of a Wyoming elk he killed go to waste was slapped with more than $6,000 in fines and will lose his privileges to hunt in most of the U.S. for two years.
July 12, 20234 min read
A California man who let most of the carcass of a Wyoming elk he killed go to waste won’t be able to hunt anywhere in the continental United States or Alaska for two years, and was fined $6,790.
Lewis Cornell of Fullerton, California, recently pleaded guilty in Park County Circuit Court to a charge of waste or abandonment of a big game animal, according to the Wyoming Game and Fish Department. Fifth Judicial Court Judge Joseph Darrah handed down the sentence.
Wyoming, along with every other state except Hawaii, is part of the Interstate Wildlife Violator Compact. Under the compact, hunters…
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