DENVER (KDVR) — The National Park Service is investigating a suspected incident of elk poaching that occurred last month in the Great Sand Dunes National Preserve.
NPS said that the incident is suspected to have occurred on Sept. 9 or 10 in the Hudson drainage area of the national preserve, near the town of Mosca in Alamosa County.
NPS said that it is seeking information on a dark-colored Ram pickup truck, and an approximately six-foot-tall Caucasian male of an unknown age with brown hair and a close-trimmed beard.
The park service said the suspect had been wearing camouflage, a ball cap and a backpack.
Additionally, the suspect may have been carrying a compound bow with bright fletching and two elk antlers with four or five points, but no skull.
NPS shared the map below of where the suspected elk poaching occurred.
The news comes during a spurt of poaching investigations, including an investigation into four bull elk carcasses found on four separate ranches in Las Animas County in September and a suspected moose poaching in Park County in late September.
Poaching is a serious crime in Colorado, and if convicted, people can face heavy fines and the suspension of their hunting and fishing licenses.
Anyone who was in the area or who has any information is asked to contact 719-589-5807, which is the National Park Service’s 24/7 dispatch number, or email [email protected]. Tips can be anonymous.
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