LAFOLLETTE, TN (WLAF) – The TWRA presented the Campbell Outdoor Recreation Association (CORA) and the Pine Mountain Longbeards chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation with a thank you ceremony at the Ball Farm Event Center on Monday evening.
 Both organizations were recognized for providing $1,000 each in reward money that led to the arrest and conviction of a man who killed an elk in the North Cumberland Wildlife Management Area last year.  According to Terry Lewis president of CORA, both organizations were happy to help with the the reward money.  “Protecting our wildlife and resources is important and  we wanted to partner with TWRA to do that,” Lewis said.
Pine Mountain Longbeards chapter president Billy Ball (left) and Campbell Outdoor Recreation Association president Terry Lewis accepted plaques of recognition from the TWRA on Monday evening.
On Dec. 23, TWRA Elk Biologist Brad Miller responded to a call about a dead cow elk on the North Cumberland Wildlife Management Area (NCWMA) in Campbell County.  The animal was found lying in a food plot approximately a half-mile west of Red Ash Baptist Church in Caryville.  He says the elk was wearing a GPS collar designated “Cow #15” as part of a 3-year elk research study with the University of Tennessee Department of Forestry, Wildlife and Fisheries.
The carcass was taken to the University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine for a necropsy that concluded that the animal had been shot.  A bullet was recovered and analyzed.
On Dec. 30, TWRA Wildlife Officer Brenden Marlow charged Sean Doney, 33, of Vinsant Estates Drive – Jacksboro, with five violations after he admitted to illegally killing a cow elk on the NCWMA.  Charges included: Hunting Big Game in Closed Season, Hunting Without a License, Hunting without Hunter Education, Illegal Take of Big Game, and Failure to Retrieve Game on a WMA.  Wildlife Officers also seized a high-powered rifle from him.
Doney was identified as a suspect by members of the general public after the Campbell Outdoor Recreation Association and Pine Mountain Longbeards Chapter of the NWTF offered a $2,000 reward for information leading to the conviction of the responsible person(s). (WLAF NEWS PUBLISHED – 09/22/2020-6AM-PHOTOS COURTESY OF WLAF’S CHARLOTTE UNDERWOOD)

 

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