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Idaho bighorn sheep poacher gets lifetime hunting ban

Here’s a news item from the Associated Press: BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A southwest Idaho man who illegally killed a trophy bighorn sheep has been sentenced to 30 days in jail and fined $10,000. Fifty-three-year-old Paul Cortez of Nampa also received a lifetime hunting ban at his sentencing on June 6 in Idaho County Court. The Idaho Department of Fish and Game in a news release Tuesday says conservation officers on patrol on the Salmon River on Nov. 6 discovered the poaching of the bighorn and confronted Cortez. Cortez in April pleaded guilty to one felony of unlawfully killing a trophy big game animal.



Betsy Z. Russell
Betsy Z. Russell joined The Spokesman-Review in 1991. She currently is a reporter in the Boise Bureau covering Idaho state government and politics, and other news from Idaho's state capital.

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