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Two Eastern Oregon men indicted for unlawfully taking big game animals

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Posted: November 29, 2022 9:26 AM

Updated: November 29, 2022 9:28 AM

Unlawful Hunting
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PENDLETON, Oregon — Two Eastern Oregon men have been indicted for the unlawful taking of big game animals.  

The Oregon State Police Fish & Wildlife Troopers began investigating 28-year-old Walker Erickson of Pendleton and 23-year-old Hunter Wagner of Pilot Rock in 2020.  

Troopers from the Pendleton Area Command received information about people unlawfully taking big game. They gathered evidence, which led them to serve a search warrant at a Pendleton home in December 2021.  

The troopers found and seized six sets of deer antlers, three sets of elk antlers, a rifle, a bow and meat.  

In October of this year, Walker Erickson was indicted on the following:  

  • Three counts of Unlawful Take of a Cow Elk 
  • Four counts of Unlawful Take of a Whitetail Buck 
  • Two counts of Unlawful Take of a Mule Deer Buck 
  • Four counts of Unlawful Take of Bull Elk 
  • Three counts of Waste of Game 
  • One count of Unlawful Possession of Big Game 
  • One count of Hunting While Criminally Trespassing 
  • One count of Hunting on Another’s Cultivated or Enclosed Land 
  • One count of Hunting from a Motor Vehicle 
  • Two counts of Tampering with Physical Evidence 

Hunter Wagner was indicted on seven counts of Counseling, Aiding, or Assisting in Another’s Unlawful Take of a Big Game Animal 

The Oregon State Police say the case is being prosecuted by the Anti-Poaching Prosecutor with the Department of Justice in coordination with the Umatilla County District Attorney’s Office.  

 

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