KEENE, N.D. – A group of anonymous landowners near Keene in western North Dakota have added $1,600 to a reward fund for information about poachers who killed two bull elk in the area.
The reward is now $3,600. The North Dakota Wildlife Federation had already put up $2,000. Authorities believe the elk were killed on Feb. 17. No meat was taken from either animal but one of the bulls’ heads was missing.
North Dakota hunters can kill only one elk in their lifetime. Shooting an elk out of season is a misdemeanor punishable by a year in jail and a $3,000 fine.
