The search continues for a suspect in a poaching case that involved the deaths of four large bull elk in Southern Colorado a couple months ago.

According to Colorado Parks and Wildlife, their agency along with Operation Game Thief is seeking the public’s help in identifying a party that could be responsible for the killings, with the elk shot and left to rot on September 13, 26, and 27 near the communities of Stonewall and Picketwire. Of the four elk that were killed, one was abandoned whole, one was wounded and had to be put down due to its injuries, one was shot and killed with its backstraps removed, and another had its head removed with no meat taken.

The killings took place on four separate ranches in Las Animas County. After months of investigation has yielded no suspect, the reward for information in the case that leads to an arrest or citation has been doubled to $4,000.

“These were senseless and disgraceful acts not only to the sportspersons community, but they also took valuable resources away from every Coloradoan demonstrating a complete disregard for Colorado wildlife,” said Jim Hawkins, CPW Assistant Chief of Law Enforcement and Operation Game Thief coordinator.

Anyone with information related to the poaching case can provide information anonymously via Operation Game Thief at 1-877-265-6648.

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