A Tennessee man is facing a litany of charges after a February poaching incident in Campbell County, as reported by the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA). The man, identified as 46-year-old Shawn Lee Hutson of Huntsville, is indicted for the illegal killing of an elk and other related violations in the North Cumberland Wildlife Management Area.
According to WVLT, the charges against Hutson include illegal taking/possession of elk, possession of alcohol on a wildlife management area (WMA), mitigated criminal littering, failure to retrieve, tagging violation, illegal baiting, operating an OHV off-trail on a WMA, and a walleye creel limit violation. The poached elk was discovered in the Red Ash/Wheeler Gap area, a section of the Royal Blue Unit of the North Cumberland WMA.
The case unfolded further when a carcass was reported to TWRA back on February 22. “Officers reported that multiple parts of the elk had been removed, and several pieces of evidence were recovered from the scene,” TWRA explained in a release quoted by WBIR. Following a search warrant executed for Hutson’s property, additional charges were brought forth…