Conservation Officer Scott Staples (Carlton) and K9 Schody assisted the local sheriff’s office with searching for a juvenile who allegedly took a lot of pills and fled into a wooded area. The juvenile was located and turned over to medical personnel.
Time was spent checking ATV/off-highway motorcycle riders and hunting activity in the area. Enforcement action was taken for equipment and registration violations.
After receiving a call of hearing shots in an area just before dark, a residence was checked and an adult male was found trying to hang up a deer in his garage. The man admitted to shooting the deer with a high-powered rifle from behind his house. He stated he didn’t need food; he just wanted some tasty venison to eat. He is facing charges of taking deer out of season and transporting an illegally taken big-game animal. A deer, his rifle and his ATV were all seized.
CO Jacob Willis (Brookston) attended training at the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension in St. Paul for a good portion of the past week.
Equipment maintenance was attended to and complaint phone calls were fielded.
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Preparation for the upcoming firearms deer season continues.
CO Jeff Humphrey (Cromwell) conducted patrols on county and state lands for various hunting and off-highway vehicle activity during the past week.
Humphrey also investigated a deer-shooting complaint and dispatched a car-hit deer.
Several questions/complaints were received about the upcoming firearms deer season.
CO Dustie Speldrich (Willow River) checked small-game hunters and bough harvesters in the Nemadji State Forest. She received information about portable stands left on wetland managementy areas. She investigated a complaint of archery hunting deer over baited areas. Several questions were answered about youth hunting during the firearms deer season if they harvested a deer during the youth hunt.
Nuisance-beaver calls were taken and questions about concealed carry while hunting were answered.
The Aviation Unit assisted with a dispersed camping issue in the Nemadji State Forest.
