TWO MEN CITED AFTER THEIR PICKUP GOES DOWN EMBANKMENT CRUSHING POACHED DEER NEAR NOTI (PHOTO)
Posted: September 21st, 2010 12:55 PM
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Two Elmira-area men were cited by an Oregon State Police (OSP) Fish & Wildlife Division trooper for wildlife offenses when a traffic crash investigation involving a pickup off a road near Noti found a poached deer underneath it.
On September 15, 2010, OSP Trooper Marc Boyd began in investigation of a non-injury crash after a Toyota pickup was reported off a steep embankment near IP Deeded Road in the Noti area. While at the pickup down an embankment, Boyd found a crushed deer partially sticking out from underneath it. After the pickup was towed back up to the roadway, Trooper Boyd inspected the dead deer and saw it had been shot.
The two occupants were identified as driver ZACHARY HEINEMAN, age 21, and THOMAS WHITTAKER, age 22, both from Elmira. Subsequent investigation determined the two men were driving in the area when they spotted the deer, stopped and shot at it. The deer went down a steep embankment where they backed up the pickup to the edge of the road. Unable to pull the dead deer back up to the road, the driver was trying to move the pickup away from the roadway edge when it rolled backwards, down the embankment and came to rest on top of the dead deer.
HEINEMAN was cited to appear for Aiding in a Wildlife Violation to wit: Unlawful Take of Doe Deer. WHITTAKER was cited to appear for Unlawful Take of Doe Deer to wit: Prohibited Hours, Closed Season.
Photograph Source: Oregon State Police
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