AFTON, Wyo. — The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is looking for information about a mule deer buck that was illegally shot along Highway 89 between Afton and Cokeville Thursday morning.

The deer was shot between 11 and 11:40 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 17., according to a press release from Wyoming Game and Fish.

Cokeville Game Warden Cody Shoonover had received several reports of an injured buck deer that had possibly been hit by a car and was laying at the Packstring Creek trailhead south of Afton, the press release said. When Schoonover got there at 11:45 a.m., he found the deer had been killed illegally and its head removed.

Anyone with possible information or who was in the area and may have anything suspicious is encouraged to call Schoonover at 307-279-3466, the STOP POACHING hotline at 1-877-WGFD-TIP (1-877-943-3847) or the Green River Game and Fish office at 1-800-843-8096.

Any information leading to the arrest and conviction may result in a reward of up to $5,000.00.

Shannon is a Wyoming-raised writer and reporter. She just completed a master's in journalism from Boston University. Jackson shaped her into an outdoorswoman, but a love for language and the human condition compels her to write. She believes there's no story too small to tell nor adventure too small to take.