GRAPHIC IMAGES: Game Wardens Search For Bull Elk Poachers In Adair County

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Game wardens are hoping the public can help them locate poachers they say are responsible for the death of a bull elk in Adair County.

According to a news release, a bull elk was illegally taken from the east side of the Cookson Wildlife Management area near Bunch, Oklahoma on November 7.

We’re told the poachers cut off the back-straps, partial hind-quarters and the antlers.

If you have any information, you’re asked to call Game Warden Jared Cramer at 918-431-2546 or Operation Game Thief at (800)-522-8039.