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This seven-point bull elk was illegally shot and left in a field near Glendale Monday morning. police are seeking information to help them find the shooter.
GLENDALE — State police are looking for whoever shot a seven-point bull elk off Azalea-Glen Road Monday and left it for dead.
The animal was shot between 7 and 7:30 a.m. in a field about 60 yards off the roadway in the road’s 8000 block, said Sgt. Dean Perske of the Oregon State Police Fish and Wildlife Division.
Perske said the elk was the type of animal most people would have appreciated seeing in the wild.
“Anybody would be very pleased to have an opportunity to lawfully take this animal, or even if you’re not a hunter, to take a photograph of it,” he said.
A passer-by and the landowner discovered the animal shortly after it was shot and reported it to police. The carcass, weighing in at more than 500 pounds, will be processed and sent to the Roseburg Rescue Mission, police said.
Officials estimated the animal weighed 850 pounds on the hoof.
Perske said police collected some physical evidence from the scene, but are looking to the public for tips on the suspect. Callers can remain anonymous, and rewards are offered. The statewide tip line is (800) 452-7888. Local numbers include 440-3334, ext. 229, or 440-3333.
That area doesn’t have a bull elk season, but does have a limited cow season. Regardless, Perske said people who kill animals in this way are not hunters.
“They’re not a sportsman at all,” he said, “ They’re just out to kill something.”
The Monday kill was one of several recent illegal hunting incidents in the South County area.
Last Friday around 11:15 p.m., police saw a Myrtle Creek man using a spotlight in the area of White Rock and South Myrtle Road near Myrtle Creek, according to a press release. Brandon J. Martinez, 20, was cited for casting artificial light while armed and also for having an open container of alcohol. A semi-automatic rifle and the spotlight were seized.
On Saturday around 1:30 a.m., police saw two men using a spotlight from a pickup in the Cow Creek area. Michael L. Lewis, 44, and Roland Chambers Jr., 21, both of Riddle, were cited for casting artificial light while armed. Their rifles and spotlight were seized.
About a half-hour later the same night, police saw several people spotlighting in the Willis Creek area near Dillard.
The group was found with a blacktail buck that had allegedly been shot while using a spotlight. The shooter, Robby J. Thomas, 26, of Roseburg, was cited for the unlawful taking of a blacktail buck with the aid of a light, unlawfully taking a deer with a .17-caliber rifle and exceeding the bag limit, according to the press release.
The other three people, identified as Jeremy T. Stoffal, 31, of Tenmile, Jacob Stoffal, 29, of Winston and Stephanie R. Walker, 29, of Roseburg, were cited for aiding in a game violation. The deer, the rifle and the spotlight were seized.
Also on Monday, Roseburg resident Shannon Jeffries, 40, was cited for illegally killing a six-point whitetail buck deer off the 7500 block of North Bank Road between Wilbur and Glide.
Perske said efforts to curb poaching have been boosted by community members who refuse to tolerate it, providing tips to police.
“We’ve had in the past a real good response from local sportsmen and also the general public,” he said.
• You can reach reporter Chelsea Duncan at 957-4246 or by e-mail at cduncan@newsreview.info.
The animal was shot between 7 and 7:30 a.m. in a field about 60 yards off the roadway in the road’s 8000 block, said Sgt. Dean Perske of the Oregon State Police Fish and Wildlife Division.
Perske said the elk was the type of animal most people would have appreciated seeing in the wild.
“Anybody would be very pleased to have an opportunity to lawfully take this animal, or even if you’re not a hunter, to take a photograph of it,” he said.
A passer-by and the landowner discovered the animal shortly after it was shot and reported it to police. The carcass, weighing in at more than 500 pounds, will be processed and sent to the Roseburg Rescue Mission, police said.
Officials estimated the animal weighed 850 pounds on the hoof.
Perske said police collected some physical evidence from the scene, but are looking to the public for tips on the suspect. Callers can remain anonymous, and rewards are offered. The statewide tip line is (800) 452-7888. Local numbers include 440-3334, ext. 229, or 440-3333.
That area doesn’t have a bull elk season, but does have a limited cow season. Regardless, Perske said people who kill animals in this way are not hunters.
“They’re not a sportsman at all,” he said, “ They’re just out to kill something.”
The Monday kill was one of several recent illegal hunting incidents in the South County area.
Last Friday around 11:15 p.m., police saw a Myrtle Creek man using a spotlight in the area of White Rock and South Myrtle Road near Myrtle Creek, according to a press release. Brandon J. Martinez, 20, was cited for casting artificial light while armed and also for having an open container of alcohol. A semi-automatic rifle and the spotlight were seized.
On Saturday around 1:30 a.m., police saw two men using a spotlight from a pickup in the Cow Creek area. Michael L. Lewis, 44, and Roland Chambers Jr., 21, both of Riddle, were cited for casting artificial light while armed. Their rifles and spotlight were seized.
About a half-hour later the same night, police saw several people spotlighting in the Willis Creek area near Dillard.
The group was found with a blacktail buck that had allegedly been shot while using a spotlight. The shooter, Robby J. Thomas, 26, of Roseburg, was cited for the unlawful taking of a blacktail buck with the aid of a light, unlawfully taking a deer with a .17-caliber rifle and exceeding the bag limit, according to the press release.
The other three people, identified as Jeremy T. Stoffal, 31, of Tenmile, Jacob Stoffal, 29, of Winston and Stephanie R. Walker, 29, of Roseburg, were cited for aiding in a game violation. The deer, the rifle and the spotlight were seized.
Also on Monday, Roseburg resident Shannon Jeffries, 40, was cited for illegally killing a six-point whitetail buck deer off the 7500 block of North Bank Road between Wilbur and Glide.
Perske said efforts to curb poaching have been boosted by community members who refuse to tolerate it, providing tips to police.
“We’ve had in the past a real good response from local sportsmen and also the general public,” he said.
• You can reach reporter Chelsea Duncan at 957-4246 or by e-mail at cduncan@newsreview.info.
