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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- State wildlife officials say poachers illegally killed deer and elk in the East Canyon area near Morgan.
A Magna man and a Pleasant Grove woman were arrested after officials with the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources found remains of more than 20 illegally harvested animals at three homes and a business along the Wasatch Front earlier this week.
The Standard-Examiner of Ogden reported Thursday that several of the animals found qualified as trophy kills, with one buck's five-by-four-point rack measuring nearly 30 inches wide.
A tip launched a five-day investigation that led officers to a business in Murray, where they waited until the suspects showed up with a trophy buck that authorities say was killed hours earlier.
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