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Editor's Note: Photos in the gallery may be disturbing to some viewers.DAGGETT COUNTY — Division of Wildlife Resources officials are asking for the public’s help in identifying the poachers responsible for the illegal killing of a trophy bighorn sheep ram.
The ¾-curl ram was discovered by a DWR officer in December while he was doing a bighorn sheep classification survey on Bare Top Mountain in Daggett County, according to a DWR news release. The trophy ram was shot in the horn and through the backbone.
Further investigation and the condition of the carcass suggested the ram was killed in November and left to waste, the news release said.
Anyone with information regarding the illegal killing of this bighorn sheep can contact the UTIP hotline at 1-800-662-3337. Rewards are available for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the poachers, and tipsters can remain anonymous.
