{"id":237741,"date":"2025-09-19T01:27:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T01:27:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/237741\/"},"modified":"2025-09-19T01:27:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T01:27:09","slug":"osp-seeks-tips-in-wasco-county-elk-poaching-pets-animals-and-nature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/237741\/","title":{"rendered":"OSP seeks tips in Wasco County elk poaching | Pets, Animals and Nature"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BEND, Ore. &#8212; Oregon State Police are asking the public&#8217;s help to find two people seen on a trail camera that it says illegally poaching a cow elk on private property near Antelope in Wasco County. Below is the full release from OSP:<\/p>\n<p>The Oregon State Police Fish and Wildlife Division, Madras office, is seeking the public\u2019s assistance in identifying individuals caught on camera committing criminal trespass and unlawfully taking\u00a0an\u00a0elk\u00a0near Antelope.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On\u00a0Sept. 6, 2025, at 4:42 a.m., before legal hunting hours, a photo of a cow\u00a0elk\u00a0was taken by a trail camera on private property. At\u00a04:45 a.m., two unknown individuals were captured on camera standing over the carcass of the dead\u00a0elk. The individuals\u00a0entered\u00a0the private property in a vehicle, gutted the\u00a0elk, and left. The suspect vehicle is believed to be a\u00a0light-colored\u00a02001\u20132004 Nissan Frontier with an older canopy and a roof rack.<\/p>\n<p>Information leading to the identification and\u00a0citation, or arrest,\u00a0of these individuals could yield a reward of\u00a0$1,000 or four preference points.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information about the identity of the individuals or the location of the vehicle is asked to submit tips to\u00a0<a title=\"https:\/\/www.centraloregondaily.com\/news\/pets-animals-nature\/osp-elk-poaching-wasco-county-antelope\/mailto:TIP@osp.oregon.gov\" href=\"https:\/\/www.centraloregondaily.com\/news\/pets-animals-nature\/osp-elk-poaching-wasco-county-antelope\/mailto:TIP@osp.oregon.gov\" data-linkindex=\"6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TIP@osp.oregon.gov<\/a>, or contact OSP\u2019s Northern Command Center at\u00a0800-442-0776\u00a0or by calling\u00a0*OSP (*677)\u00a0on a mobile device. Please reference Oregon State Police case number\u00a0SP25-396292.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Report Wildlife and Habitat Law Violators<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Turn In Poachers (TIP) program is a collaboration between the Oregon State Police, Oregon Hunters Association, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, Oregon Wildlife Coalition, Oregon Outfitter and Guides Association, and the Oregon State Marine Board.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The TIP program offers preference point rewards for information leading to an arrest or issuance of a citation for the unlawful take\/possession or waste of big game mammals.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Preference Point Rewards<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>5 Points: Bighorn Sheep<\/li>\n<li>5 Points: Rocky Mountain Goat<\/li>\n<li>5 Points: Moose<\/li>\n<li>5 Points: Wolf<\/li>\n<li>4 Points:\u00a0Elk<\/li>\n<li>4 Points: Deer<\/li>\n<li>4 Points: Pronghorn Antelope<\/li>\n<li>4 Points: Bear<\/li>\n<li>4 Points: Cougar<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The TIP program also offers cash rewards for information leading to an arrest or issuance of a citation for the unlawful take\/possession or waste of the following fish and wildlife species. Cash rewards can also be awarded for habitat destruction, illegally obtaining a hunting or angling license or tag, lending or borrowing big game tags, spotlighting, or snagging.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cash Rewards<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Oregon Hunters Association (OHA) cash rewards:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>$2,000 Bighorn Sheep, Mountain Goat, or Moose<\/li>\n<li>$1,000\u00a0Elk, Deer, or Antelope<\/li>\n<li>$600 Bear, Cougar, or Wolf<\/li>\n<li>$400 Game Fish &amp; Shellfish<\/li>\n<li>$400 Snagging\/Attempt to Snag<\/li>\n<li>$300 Habitat destruction<\/li>\n<li>$200 Illegally obtaining an Oregon hunting or angling license or tags<\/li>\n<li>$200 Unlawful lending\/borrowing big game tag(s)<\/li>\n<li>$200 Game Birds or Furbearers<\/li>\n<li>$200 Spotlighting<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Rewards for game fish and shellfish, as well as snagging and attempting to snag, are sponsored, in part, by the Northwest Steelheaders Association and the Coastal Conservation Association.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Oregon Wildlife Coalition (OWC) Cash Rewards:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>$500 Hawk, Falcon, Eagle, Owl, Osprey<\/li>\n<li>$500 Cougar, Bobcat, Beaver (public lands only), Black bears, Bighorn Sheep, Marten, Fisher, Sierra Nevada Red Fox<\/li>\n<li>$1,000 Species listed as \u201cthreatened&#8221; or \u201cendangered&#8221; under state or federal Endangered Species Act (excludes fish)<\/li>\n<li>$10,000 for Wolves east of Highway 395 and $11,500 for Wolves east of Highway 395 and north of Highway 20<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Oregon Outfitters &amp; Guides Association (OOGA) Cash Rewards:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>$200 Acting as an Outfitter Guide for the Illegal Killing of Wildlife, Illegally Obtaining Oregon Hunting or Angling Licenses or Tags, or Illegally Offering to Act as an Outfitter Guide as defined in ORS 704.010 and 704.020.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>How to Report a Wildlife and\/or Habitat Law Violation or Suspicious Activity:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>                More Pets, Animals and Nature<\/p>\n<p>    &#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BEND, Ore. &#8212; Oregon State Police are asking the public&#8217;s help to find two people seen on a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":237742,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[12817,50,104489,904,159,67,132,68,837],"class_list":{"0":"post-237741","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-email","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-pets-animals-nature","11":"tag-regional","12":"tag-science","13":"tag-united-states","14":"tag-unitedstates","15":"tag-us","16":"tag-wildlife"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115228366839530001","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237741","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=237741"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237741\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/237742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=237741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=237741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}