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Last updated on Thursday, February 22, 2018
(ASPEN, Colo.) - Two Indiana hunting instructors have been banned from hunting and possessing guns for two years after they were convicted of illegally killing a bear in western Colorado.
The Aspen Times reports 55-year-old Dan Roe and 27-year-old Alex Roe both of Tipton, Indiana pleaded guilty Tuesday to felony willful destruction of big game and misdemeanor charges of failure to dress or care for wildlife, illegal possession of wildlife and hunting without permission.
The father and son were sentenced to two years of unsupervised probation. The felony will be wiped from their criminal records if both stay out of trouble for the next two years as part of the agreement.
Prosecutors say the men were hunting with a valid permit Sept. 13, 2016, and said they didn't know they shot the bear after it wandered into a zone where they weren't allowed to kill it. The killing took place at or near the Pitkin County Landfill.
The Roes packed out some edible bear meat, but couldn't handle much of the 700-to-800-pound bear because Dan Roe injured his back. They took the bear's head, hide and left the covered the bear carcass with trash in an effort to hide the killing.
The men's attorney Richard Nedlin says the two did not intend to break the law.
Alex Roe has a taxidermy business in Tipton, Indiana, and both father and son teach and train hunters and archers "how to properly hunt."
Information from: The Aspen Times, http://www.aspentimes.com/
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