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'Lock her up': Girl who mistakenly shot elk 'bullied' as wildlife officials decide her fate [View all]
'Lock her up': Girl who mistakenly shot elk 'bullied' as wildlife officials decide her fate
Wildlife officials have not decided whether any citations or warnings will be issued after a 14-year-old mistakenly shot a protect elk.
Abby Wilson, 14, shot the elk on Saturday in Boone County, thinking it was a large white-tailed buck. Her father, Donald White, immediately called the Conservation Department upon realizing his daughter's mistake.
"There is no elk season in Missouri, so free ranging elk are protected," said Tom Strother, an MDC Protection Regional Supervisor. "It is a Wildlife Code violation to shoot a free ranging elk as there are no provisions that outline a hunting season like there is for white-tailed deer."
As of Tuesday, conservation officials had not finished their investigation into the unusual case or decided whether warnings will be issued.
Wildlife officials have not decided whether any citations or warnings will be issued after a 14-year-old mistakenly shot a protect elk.
Abby Wilson, 14, shot the elk on Saturday in Boone County, thinking it was a large white-tailed buck. Her father, Donald White, immediately called the Conservation Department upon realizing his daughter's mistake.
"There is no elk season in Missouri, so free ranging elk are protected," said Tom Strother, an MDC Protection Regional Supervisor. "It is a Wildlife Code violation to shoot a free ranging elk as there are no provisions that outline a hunting season like there is for white-tailed deer."
As of Tuesday, conservation officials had not finished their investigation into the unusual case or decided whether warnings will be issued.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/11/15/lock-her-up-girl-who-mistakenly-shot-elk-bullied-wildlife-officials-decide-her-fate/865541001/
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