Reward offered for information on poached deer near Bend

Published 3:56 pm Tuesday, July 30, 2013

The Oregon Hunters’ Association is offering a reward of up to $500 for information about two poached deer found Tuesday northeast of Bend on Bureau of Land Management land Tuesday.

The two deer were found at 9:30 a.m. by a Bend city employee at the end of McGrath Road, north of Bend Municipal Airport, according to Oregon State Police. The Fish and Wildlife Division is asking for any information that could lead to an arrest and conviction.

Fish and Wildlife investigators concluded the deer appeared to have been shot by a small caliber firearm at another location and dumped at the site.

OSP Sgt. Lowell Lea said neither deer were stripped of antlers or meat.

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