2 Montana men cited over helicopter poaching of wolves

[douglas9]

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Two Montana men have been cited over illegally poaching two wolves from a helicopter in the Big Hole Valley.

The Billings Gazette reports that Dalton Thomas Tamcke, 30, and Justin Samuel Peterson, 22, told wildlife authorities they were hunting coyotes for predatory control action on March 3 and mistakenly took the wolves for coyotes. The men later recovered the carcasses by snowmobile.

Tamcke paid a $425 fine and Peterson paid a $435 fine, according to records from the Beaverhead County Justice Court. Neither man had licenses to hunt wolves, and wolf hunting from helicopters is illegal.

Kerry Wahl, a game warden with Montana Fish Wildlife & Parks, said authorities didn't pursue charges against the helicopter pilot that was flying the two men or the company, saying it was the shooters' responsibility for what happened



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[pandr32]

1. May the roles reverse

Let these two asshats be the ones hunted from the sky.

[Duppers]

2. "Cited"! How about arrested! 😤

I'd like to "sight" them! 😡