Below is a news release from Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks. For 2025, Fiocchi partnered with the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation to increase the visibility of poaching incidents in an effort to reduce poaching.
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks game wardens are seeking information on three elk that were shot and left to waste on the Sun River Wildlife Management Area (WMA) near Augusta.
Wardens were initially contacted by a hunter on an adjacent property who reported spotting a dead elk on Tuesday, Nov. 11. Wardens went to the location in the Shed Creek drainage on the south end of the WMA and found a cow elk as well as two elk calves. They determined all three of them had been shot, most likely a few days earlier. A special license is required to hunt antlerless elk on the Sun River WMA.
“These Sun River elk represent a unique and historical migratory elk herd in Montana,” said FWP game warden Per Wolfisberg. “Shooting and deliberately wasting three of them is disrespectful to not only the animals, but also to the citizens and hunters of Montana. We are asking anyone who may have seen or heard anything unusual in that area to contact us and help us catch the people who committed this crime.”
The case remains under investigation. Anyone with information is encouraged to call game warden Per Wolfisberg at 406-781-0244 or visit tipmont.mt.gov. Informants may remain anonymous and may be eligible for a reward of up to $1,000.
(Photo source: Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks)