September 29, 2011
By Kurt Repanshek on NationalParksTraveler.com
Road maps can be great to navigate by, but don't use them when
hunting. An Oregon man discovered that the hard way when he was cited by
Grand Teton National Park officials for taking an elk inside the park
boundaries.
Rangers responded to two reports of possible illegal hunting in the
park earlier this week on the first day of elk season on the adjoining
Bridger-Teton National Forest. The first report notified rangers that a
hunter on a guided trip killed an elk sometime between 7 a.m. and 7:30
a.m.
north of the Bailey Creek road, which lies within the park. Rangers,
however, determined that the animal was killed legally on the
Bridger-Teton National Forest and outside of the park's boundary.
Later that day, though, they cited Dane Clark, 49, of Pineville,
Oregon, with a mandatory appearance for the taking of wildlife in the
park. Rangers received a report at approximately 6 p.m. of the incident
from a hunting guide service. They reported that a hunter was removing a
dead elk from the Arizona Creek trail inside Grand Teton.
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