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3 Meeker residents plead guilty in Moffat County elk poaching case

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Press Release | Colorado Parks and Wildlife

MOFFAT | Three Meeker residents have been sentenced for the poaching of two trophy bull elk last fall. The case began on Sept. 25, 2019, when a witness in the Sand Wash Basin area reported a wounded bull elk and a suspicious truck to Colorado Parks and Wildlife Officer Jeff Goncalves.

Goncalves responded and found evidence that eventually led to a truck owned by 18-year-old Henry…